Iran has seized 2 tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, one British one Liberian

[MomentsofSanity]

Well, this will escalate quickly I fear. Iran has seized 2 tankers this afternoon.

https://apnews.com/48237d0b56374bcfa857cceca9adf977

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says two vessels have been seized by Iranian authorities in the Strait of Hormuz.

Hunt said Friday he will shortly attend an emergency government session to see what can be done to secure the release of the two vessels.

He says they are a British-flagged vessel and a Liberian-flagged vessel.

He said the crews comprise a range of nationalities but are not believed to include British citizens.

 

[compuwiz1]

Let the British and the Liberians handle it. I'm sure they're capable.

 

[Sinsear]

Nothing to see here. Iran is the beacon of light and peace in the Middle East.

 

[JSt0rm]

Nothing to see here. Iran is the beacon of light and peace in the Middle East.

they were contained before saint piss baby got involved.

 

[hal2kilo]

they were contained before saint piss baby got involved.

Yea, something about throwing out probably the best plan to contain Iran's nuclear asperations. It was monitored by international agencies and found to comply. They should just sit on their hands and take the sanctions being back on.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Nothing to see here. Iran is the beacon of light and peace in the Middle East.

Really? I thought that was Saudi Arabia.

 

[WelshBloke]

Well, this will escalate quickly I fear.

Well it will probably mean that we have to give the one we seized off them near Gibraltar back.

 

[DrDoug]

Well... Britain seized one of their tankers and now Iran has seized two tankers. Clearly the best way out of this is for Britain to seize three tankers.

 

[IronWing]

Now I want a tanker.

 

[kage69]

The Iranian Navy is getting dangerously close to becoming fish condos. And it will be hard for me to feel sympathy for them. All they have to do is sit back and let Trump keep stepping on rakes, but no.

 

[NTMBK]

Let the British and the Liberians handle it. I'm sure they're capable.

Did you ever hear of a little thing called the North Atlantic Treaty...?

 

[K1052]

The US had the Brits seize a tanker carrying Iranian oil earlier this month.

That the regime is reacting to pressure should not shock anybody.

 

[JSt0rm]

The Iranian Navy is getting dangerously close to becoming fish condos. And it will be hard for me to feel sympathy for them. All they have to do is sit back and let Trump keep stepping on rakes, but no.

Bonespurs ain’t gonna do shit

 

[kage69]

Bonespurs ain’t gonna do shit

My concern is more with people like MBS, Bolton and Pompeo taking advantage of Iranian hardliner efforts to create an incident that leads to war. Republicans are practiced in leading cowardly mental midgets off to war, see 2003.

 

[JSt0rm]

We will be at war with Iran by the time the election happens. Iran knows it. I know it. You all know it.

 

[WelshBloke]

Bonespurs ain’t gonna do shit

Trumps a pretty simple thinker. Simple thoughts say that war time Presidents get reelected. Dont put it past him to go there if he thinks he has to, particularly as theres quite a few hawks near him.

 

[ElFenix]

Did you ever hear of a little thing called the North Atlantic Treaty...?

i don't think it obligates us to do anything if the brits fire first (which they did, in terms of ganking tankers)

 

[Vic]

Nothing to see here. Iran is the beacon of light and peace in the Middle East.

No one ever said that Iran is the beacon of light and peace in the Middle East, but it sure is interesting that there wasn't any threat of war with Iran before Trump became President.

 

[WelshBloke]

i don't think it obligates us to do anything if the brits fire first (which they did, in terms of ganking tankers)

I think that you asked us to seize that tanker tbf.

 

[ElFenix]

I think that you asked us to seize that tanker tbf.

well, you guys asked us to overthrow the joint to begin with, so i think you still owe us.

 

[Jhhnn]

We will be at war with Iran by the time the election happens. Iran knows it. I know it. You all know it.

I think not. War with Iran will send the price of oil thru the sky. Their strategic advantage is enormous when it comes to shutting down shipping. Neither Trump nor the GOP want to deal with the nut kick to the economy.

 

[TheVrolok]

We got to war with Iran and Trump's reelection is solidified.

 

[WelshBloke]

DERP

 

[Jhhnn]

My concern is more with people like MBS, Bolton and Pompeo taking advantage of Iranian hardliner efforts to create an incident that leads to war. Republicans are practiced in leading cowardly mental midgets off to war, see 2003.

They gave it a shot. The string of incidents & blaming that led up to the downing of a US drone was totally contrived.

 

[Jhhnn]

The Iranian Navy is getting dangerously close to becoming fish condos. And it will be hard for me to feel sympathy for them. All they have to do is sit back and let Trump keep stepping on rakes, but no.

You have no idea what it would take for us to prevail in a conflict with Iran. I figure they won't start shooting but I doubt they'll back down.