US furiously seeks to avert potential monthslong closure of Strait of Hormuz | CNN Politics
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US officials are furiously trying to avert a potential monthslong closure of the Strait of Hormuz, privately acknowledging that reopening the key waterway is a problem without a clear solution and dependent at least in part on what lengths President Donald Trump is willing to go to force the Iranian regime’s hand, multiple administration and intelligence officials tell CNN.

Looks like The White House is just winging it, and there’s no plan whatsoever:

A recent internal assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency that was circulating inside the Pentagon in recent weeks determined that Iran could potentially keep the passage shut for anywhere from one to six months, four sources familiar with the document told CNN. But White House and Pentagon officials insisted that the assessment — particularly the longer end timeframe, which some consider a worst-case scenario — was not being seriously considered.

  • bestmiaou@lemmygrad.ml
    22·
    1 day ago

    seeing the amount of disruption after not even 3 weeks into it being closed, it being closed for 6 months may actually be an existential threat to the US.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
      21·
      1 day ago

      Not just the US, all of the west would be fucked at that point. Meanwhile, the demand for cheap goods from China will explode because nobody is going to be able to afford anything else. It might also get countries to actually start doing a serious transition to renewables out of sheer necessity, which will also mean buying Chinese solar panels.

      • Jarmund@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        72·
        1 day ago

        What i’m more concerned about is the iranian bourgeoisie getting too drunk in their own hubris.

        The iranian parliament was considering imposing basically a tollbooth for the straight, obviously to extract revenue out of it.

        China has a key role in advising the iranians to not push things over the cliff

        I am saying this of the top of my head and i am aware this is not a thorough material analysis

        • KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml
          10·
          1 day ago

          Not only they definitely should set a toll on the strait, it looks like they already did. And considering how they’ve been acting so far they’ll likely ask more from the west, if they even allow all of them through…

      • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.ukEnglish
        215·
        20 hours ago

        I don’t think the sarcasm came across very well. Both Putin and Trump rushed in thinking they’ll have control quickly but they both fucked up.

        • REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml
          13·
          11 hours ago

          You are completely wrong regarding Ukraine. Russia clearly had multiple plans in place:

          Plan A: Push into Donbas and do another spearhead towards Kiev to force negotiations. This almost worked, if not for british pedophile Boris Johnson going to Kiev to tell Zelensky that the west would never accept a peace treaty between Ukraine and Russia and keep arming Ukraine.

          Plan B: Attrition. Take down Ukrainian strongholds in Donbas bit by bit and destroy their army. This is the current one.

          Russia was prepared for things to get ugly, the US isn’t.

          • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.ukEnglish
            2·
            8 hours ago

            Thanks for the detailed reply. I had been called stupid on other replies, I appreciate your time on explaing why my comment got so much hate.

            And yes, as a Brit, I fucking hate that slimy Boris (which isn’t even his first name)