Future off ramp to Iran

Indeed. For some reason, the folks who know all the words to Rocky top are incapable of understanding that maybe 25 to 30% of every barrel of oil comprises a fear tax that Iran's historic chokehold on the world energy market has baked into it.

Secretary Bessent has been very open about coordinating with the surrounding Nations to bypass the straight in favor of overland pipelines. Every day that passes, we are loosening the chokehold that the puppet regime in Iran has held over the price of oil across the globe.

When the SPR is empty, trump will bend over like a bitch.

lol it was all pArT of the pLaN!!11!!

It will not be empty.

However, you bent over like a bitch long ago.

Fair enough about prices under Bidem. Not sure what that has to do with now. This and most midterm elections are a referendum on the man and party currently in the White House.

I don't see anything that can be done Iran wise to gain votes at this point. The only political move is to get less people pissed off so that they stay home, and don't bother to vote against the GOP. Lower gas prices are the best chance at this.

Sure they are cranking up the Muslim and Trans stuff again (see the wnba). But those don't work as well with economic problems present.

The rebranding of the Straight is getting thrown in for Trump's ego so he'll sign off on it.

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Biden’s green new deal policies were just as idiotic as Trump attacking Iran. Both can be true and it’s ok to point that out.

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Did you check with everybody to confirm that they believe that to be true, or are you merely stating something just you believe to be true, aka an “opinion?”

Should have taken the fricking island and secured the straight back in April. The political fallout would have come and gone and we’d be on to other things. Instead we made a bunch of promises to the Iranian people, got cold feet over gas prices and spent months negotiating and we are still at square 1…If we weren’t willing to take the island day 1, we had zero business getting involved.

Exactly what makes you believe that Kharg is THE key to completely controlling the strait??

This point intrigues me. I think politically what I proposed earlier may be the only chance the GOP has for keeping the House and avoiding some uncomfortable hearings/investigations that will cut the admin off at the knees and hurt them in the election in 2028.

Now if they don't withdrawl and declare victory before the election, as you say, do "what they want" they're basically throwing in the towel for the House and playing with fire with the Senate. That would speak on who really is calling the shots.