Comment by decayiscreation

> I highly doubt that weakening Iran and Russia is the goal here, and I'm not even sure how people got that idea. This isn't 2010 anymore.

If Russian and Iran are skirting sanctions with a shadow fleet, it would make sense to disabling that fleet would weaken them. e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/us/politics/russia-oil-ta...