Damus
Nuh · 1w
Is that why they are withdrawing THAAD from South Korea? Shaking their allies needed to contain China just to be consistent with the counter-theory? Do you believe that USA has much more weapons than ...
Mike Dilger ☑️ profile picture
The US is oil independent. And they are willing to take a lot of pain to stay on top, even if it means the whole world takes a lot of pain. Military primacy supercedes other concerns. I think taking the THAAD from S. Korea was because they have to make hard choices, and the active war is currently in Iran.

Nonetheless, since I wrote this, nobody has mined the strait. So my comment is, for the moment, moot. Iran controlling who can pass by other means is the best option for Iran.
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Nuh · 2d
USA is only theoretically independent, most of the USA imports its oil, and most of the native oil is close to the Mexican gulf and is immediately exported through there. We don't know if the economics would work well fast enough to use that oil locally, even if you assume an export control is polit...