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CNN Article on Strait of Hormuz
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:12 pm
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If CNN is saying Trump and the U.S. are gaining the upper hand in the Strait of Hormuz, my God, you have to wonder what the reality actually looks like. More than 80% of recent vessel transits are reportedly using the Omani route under U.S. protection, and effective oil flows may already be back near 15M barrels/day vs. 20M prewar. Iran may be unintentionally teaching the world how to move its oil without Iran’s permission—and a couple more bypass pipelines could make that lesson permanent.
If CNN is saying Trump and the U.S. are gaining the upper hand in the Strait of Hormuz, my God, you have to wonder what the reality actually looks like. More than 80% of recent vessel transits are reportedly using the Omani route under U.S. protection, and effective oil flows may already be back near 15M barrels/day vs. 20M prewar. Iran may be unintentionally teaching the world how to move its oil without Iran’s permission—and a couple more bypass pipelines could make that lesson permanent.
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:14 pm to Boomer Rick
Rondicks and Powertard won't like this on damn bit.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:21 pm to Boomer Rick
Even though he works for CNN, David Goldman is known for calling things as he sees them. Here's a sample of his recent articles:
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Thank you for sharing, OP.
Update: Here's a video of Goldman talking about how many barrels are likely making it through Hormuz by ship and by pipelines:
Video
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Thank you for sharing, OP.
Update: Here's a video of Goldman talking about how many barrels are likely making it through Hormuz by ship and by pipelines:
Video
This post was edited on 8/18/26 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:27 pm to Boomer Rick
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More than 80% of recent vessel transits are reportedly using the Omani route under U.S. protection, and effective oil flows may already be back near 15M barrels/day vs. 20M prewar
Just accepting these numbers as true, is it still not costing the American taxpayer a boatload (hehe) of money to have Navy vessels stationed in and around the Strait escorting the tankers?
That was not the pre-war status quo, was it?
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:28 pm to boosiebadazz
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Just accepting these numbers as true, is it still not costing the American taxpayer a boatload (hehe) of money to have Navy vessels stationed in and around the Strait escorting the tankers?
It is, but the bigger story (as Goldman states in the video I've linked above) is that the Trump administration potentially has a lot more leverage in negotiations with Iran than most analysts have previously thought.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:40 pm to Boomer Rick
Isn’t it the Strait of America now?
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:57 pm to ArHog
Neither will Eurotwat
Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:03 pm to boosiebadazz
Drop Site has been posting the Kpler numbers. The admin.seems to be saying they secretly get ships through. If that is the case, why not keep quiet?
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:04 pm to boosiebadazz
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is it still not costing the American taxpayer a boatload (hehe) of money to have Navy vessels stationed in and around the Strait escorting the tankers?
That was not the pre-war status quo, was it
It is, but the honest reality is that if they weren't patrolling there, they would be patrolling or training somewhere else. The "only" added cost to taxpayers of having them there is munitions above and beyond what they would be using in training exercises.
Tomahawks aren't free.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:18 pm to boosiebadazz
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is it still not costing the American taxpayer a boatload (hehe) of money to have Navy vessels stationed in and around the Strait escorting the tankers?
Yeah. So what?
Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:21 pm to ArHog
muh..... global economy..... something something knees.......
Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:33 pm to jammajin
The NYT is basically an Iranian propaganda paper now.
WSJ doing the same shite with some weird stuff. For CNN to report on it must be pretty significant
WSJ doing the same shite with some weird stuff. For CNN to report on it must be pretty significant
Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:34 pm to Boomer Rick
Iran is bleeding money. And well into the future. The radicals are killing their country.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:38 pm to Boomer Rick
So now CNN is good and truthful? Not fake news anymore? My head cannot stop spinning from the daily whiplash.
This post was edited on 8/18/26 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:29 pm to Bunk Moreland
"Secretly getting ships through"
Catalina island is 30 mile off the Orange County cost. You can clearly see every tanker to/from Long Beach that goes between us and the island. There is no "sneaking" a cargo ship through that Strait.
Catalina island is 30 mile off the Orange County cost. You can clearly see every tanker to/from Long Beach that goes between us and the island. There is no "sneaking" a cargo ship through that Strait.
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:30 pm to ArHog
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Rondicks and Powertard won't like this on damn bit.
Those guys are homos
Posted on 8/18/26 at 9:12 pm to Boomer Rick
They have been doing this but iran had this board convinced they ruled the seas with no navy.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 9:14 pm to Boomer Rick
VDH had a great video
Orange bad is lutting on the anaconda choke out
Only idiots like rondicks think Iran is in control
Orange bad is lutting on the anaconda choke out
Only idiots like rondicks think Iran is in control
Posted on 8/18/26 at 9:17 pm to Islander
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So now CNN is good and truthful?
Awww nice try, bottom boi.
You leftists are hilarious.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 10:14 pm to Islander
quote:
So now CNN is good and truthful? Not fake news anymore? My head cannot stop spinning from the daily whiplash.
It's easy. CNN is always left. When Trump does something good, they downplay it. So, when they say he is doing good, you know it's real, because they would never lie in his favor.
That's consistency, not whiplash.
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