Comment by 8note
17 hours ago
the meaningful change is that ships can move with volume through the strait again, no?
ships could register and pay the toll without having to take a stroll by iran's toll booth, so the volume of ships can go back up
17 hours ago
the meaningful change is that ships can move with volume through the strait again, no?
ships could register and pay the toll without having to take a stroll by iran's toll booth, so the volume of ships can go back up
Change relative to before the war… where ships could just pass freely. So that's a loss.
Ships would have not been able to pass freely at a later point. That’s why Iran was building and buying these missiles. Folks look around and say wow they did so much damage - yea now imagine 2x-5x the number of missiles and launchers and by the way why not build a nuclear bomb to really make sure the rest of the world pays them for oil and energy.
Of course Iran wasn’t going to close the straight yet, they didn’t have the ability to inflict enough pain to deter US, Israeli, and/or Gulf State strikes to prevent them from closing it.
But everyone still pays them right? I mean that's the deal.
Why would I want to be paying them if you're, at the same time, telling me they don't have the muscle to make me pay?
Why is anyone paying Iran anything if we won? Someone's gonna need to explain that to me.
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I'm likely misunderstanding what you're trying to say.
Can you elaborate on how, exactly, ships would be able to evade the toll booth, if they have to pay the toll in any case?
Because on the surface of it, it sounds to me like Iran is tolling the straits. Which is fine. The fee is small enough that I'm not opposed to paying it given the alternative. I understand why the world is willing to pay. Ok. I get it.
But it's hard for me to view this as a win for us. So I'm probably missing something? (Or at least, I hope I'm missing something.)