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ataturd Mar 27, 2026 +1418

India, china, Iraq, Russia and pakistan.

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angelus14 Mar 27, 2026 +854

Thank you. I don't know why OP didn't just name them, it would have been faster than saying "two other countries".

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ataturd Mar 27, 2026 +443

Click bait title.

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ATangK Mar 27, 2026 +135

Spain but apparently they don’t use it. Japan could have but the pm sided with Donnie the Diddy fiddler instead

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supamonkey77 Mar 27, 2026 +89

No Iran is cool with Japan. It seems Japan and Iran have had fairly good relations and [Japanese ships will also pass through](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/21/iran-says-it-will-allow-japanese-ships-to-transit-the-strait-of-hormuz). Apparently 40-50 years ago, Japan opposed actions on Iran or something and the Iranians remembered that.

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Magjee Mar 27, 2026 +22

Sri Lanka should get a pass after rescuing those Iranian sailors

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Puzzled_Cold_3906 Mar 28, 2026 +2

Looks like every country other than Middle East, who's supply chain depend on middle east would want to stay in Iran good books suddenly. Cuz one thing to support USA and another thing your citizens suffering and voting you out Like Spain fr did 180 with not allowing USA and Iran said they will allow them to pass through

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Magjee Mar 28, 2026 +1

Bring a friend of the United States gets you slapped with tariffs The US was threatening to invade Greenland a few months ago, so they threaten allies as well And so far this year being an enemy gets you more revenue

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Dangerous-Current361 Mar 27, 2026 +1

I think the above comment said Japan is allowed to use it but, too scared to.

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Due_Butterfly_7195 Mar 27, 2026 +49

Apparently Spain had a tanker go through for free as a thank you for their support.

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TheDecepticonIdeal Mar 27, 2026 +20

I have a feeling the Japanese government will be changing their mind about not accepting the deal pretty soon. I also expect a few other Asian countries like South Korea and Sri Lanka to come to some sort of quiet deal with Iran for safe passage.

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Icy-Scarcity Mar 27, 2026 +17

Iran wants them to give up the US bases. Looks like they are not willing to.

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TheDecepticonIdeal Mar 27, 2026 +9

I’m sure they will come to some sort of agreement eventually where Japan and South Korea can keep their American bases, and Iran gets more customers for its oil. The war is still in its early days.

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HauntingJackfruit Mar 27, 2026 +2

It's not a war, so much as it is an illegal invasion.

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diejesus Mar 27, 2026 +9

What do you think wars are?

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Milo-Parker- Mar 27, 2026 +14

Whether it's a war or not isn't hinged on whether it is legal. By that logic, World War II wasn't a war because Germany's invasions of its neighbours were all illegal. Also, as of now there is no invasion, though I expect at some point the US will try to invade Kharg Island

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BloodMaelstrom Mar 27, 2026 +1

Those 2 are not mutually exclusive.

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Puzzled_Cold_3906 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Japan have to really think, is giving USA guarantee safety anymore? With Iran winning more on long term war objectives than USA. If China hits USA, is USA capable of doing help in time

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oneusualsuspect Mar 27, 2026 +37

he’s probably an indian (source is an indian site)

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Balavadan Mar 27, 2026 +3

How does that explain anything

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Dispator Mar 27, 2026 +4

Racism

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Vladimir_Putin_420 Mar 27, 2026 +16

Those countries are not significant enough in power scale of countries. One is in a post war state still recovering from the effects of war and other is a bankrupt nation filled with 100s of terror organizations.

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Siggi_Starduust Mar 27, 2026 +18

As someone who grew up in the 1980’s, the inclusion of Iraq is certainly eyebrow raising.

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cipheron Mar 27, 2026 +34

Iraq is majority Shia. The USA invading Iraq ended up putting people aligned with Iran into positions of power. Iran armed and trained a ton of anti-Saddam Iraqis who went back to Iraq after the 2003 war, many of whom ended up in politics, the military and law enforcement.

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Siggi_Starduust Mar 27, 2026 +10

Yeah, I forgot Saddam’s Sunni dictatorship were actually in the minority

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johndoe201401 Mar 27, 2026 +1

Poor country does not deserve a name

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No_Presentation_876 Mar 27, 2026 +38

I thought it was Spain and not Iraq.

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Be_quiet_Im_thinking Mar 27, 2026 +26

We don’t talk about that last country in India apparently. It’s the country that shall not be named.

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Several_Ant_9867 Mar 27, 2026 +34

Isn't Pakistan friend with the Saudis though?

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SameStand9266 Mar 27, 2026 +74

They are allies. That doesn't mean Pakistan and Iran are hostile to each other. Many people don't know this but Pakistani embassy in United states has Iranian interests desk since Iran doesn't have an active embassy in US and vice versa. It provides consular services to Iranians in the US. Basically Pakistani embassy doubles as the Iranian embassy just without an ambassador.

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derkrieger Mar 27, 2026 +48

"Oh you're hear for Iranian issues?" *Flips sign to other side*

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Several_Ant_9867 Mar 27, 2026 +17

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have a mutual defense pact. What would Pakistan do if Saudi Arabia is attacked directly by Iran?

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SameStand9266 Mar 27, 2026 +22

Nothing. Until Saudis activate the pact. Part of a Defense agreement is to make sure that threat to the allied nation is reduced, Pakistan did that by engaging Iran diplomatically first. Hence if you see the volume of Iranian drones, a small percentage of it is is aimed at Saudi territory and even then most of those at US targets in Saudi territory. Pakistan knows that it's the Israel goal to get the US, gulf (primarily Saudi) and by extension Pakistan to fight Iran while it steals south Lebanon. Pakistan has been trying get the gulf to exercise patience and not fall into the trap while also trying to get the Iranians to ease attacks atleast on the Saudis. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2598540/pakistan-notches-diplomatic-win-at-riyadh-summit https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2637572/pakistan

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ZhanBlue Mar 27, 2026 +4

Pakistan is weird

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passatigi Mar 27, 2026 +1

Just politics I guess. Similar thing: Russia and Iran are each other's closest allies. Iran and Israel are biggest enemies. Orban is the main Russian asset in the EU. And yet somehow Bibi endorses Orban.

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bhumit012 Mar 27, 2026 +2

Thats kinda nuclear

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debbie666 Mar 27, 2026 +2

Looks like Canada will be doing a lot more trade with India and China. Suck it Trump (sorry Americans; I know this whole situation will hurt you a lot more than most others 😔).

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MrF_lawblog Mar 27, 2026 +1

Iraq? Whoa - that's a surprising one

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hippodribble Mar 27, 2026 +583

I'm from 2 other countries. I'll be fine.

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SnooPeripherals3539 Mar 27, 2026 +73

Are you Pakistani or Sri Lankan?

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hippodribble Mar 27, 2026 +66

Logically, I'd have to be from both.

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POI_Harold-Finch Mar 27, 2026 +56

[thehindu.com](http://thehindu.com) could not stand writing pakistan name. that's how much powerful Indian population backlash is now a days. lol

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incredible-derp Mar 27, 2026 +97

Original headline only mentions India, obviously. All 5 countries are mentioned in subheading.

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Left-Ad-4226 Mar 27, 2026 +76

Indian newspaper being more interested in mentioning India is apparently surpring.

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TheDecepticonIdeal Mar 27, 2026 +35

Western countries are baffled

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MessiSahib Mar 27, 2026 +59

The Hindu is a leftist leaning newspaper. You are reading too much into it.

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Equivalent-Eye-2782 Mar 27, 2026 +78

A country doing war crimes and terrorising is better to not be mentioned

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starmie-trainer Mar 27, 2026 +56

And yet Russia is right there.

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whatproblems Mar 27, 2026 +310

and US allows iran to export oil confusing everyone

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Toast351 Mar 27, 2026 +128

Hope I can piggyback off your comment to offer an explanation. The reason Iranian oil exports aren't being interdicted is because they are going towards neutral third nations with whom the United States is not at war with. Those tankers might be Indian or Chinese for example. The other main reason is that global oil markets are pretty elastic. If the supply of Iranian oil is cut, then countries which were dependent on those exports will certainly try to buy from the remaining global supply elsewhere. This drives the price of oil up for everyone. With talk of taking Kharg island floating around, as well as hits to energy infrastructure though, I think that cutting off Iranian oil exports might later come to the table regardless. Even if it further squeezes global energy markets, the desire to cut off Iran oil export profits might still prevail.

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Low-Factor-7 Mar 27, 2026 +24

US could cut Iranian oil export by stoping their ships in Hormuz just like Iran is stopping everyone who isnt "friendly" to Iran.

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TheDecepticonIdeal Mar 27, 2026 +43

But stopping Iranian ships pushes up the oil prices, which is not in Trump’s interests. Trump wants more oil in the market to keep prices down, hence why he recently lifted sanctions on Russian and Iranian oil.

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son_et_lumiere Mar 27, 2026 +18

It's like they should have considered it before taking military action. What the could also do is secure safe passage for other nations' ships through the strait to keep oil flowing. But they abandoned them in the gulf. Further, the lifted sanctions means that I can buy Iranian oil, and have it shipped to the US on an Iranian flagged vessel.

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TheDecepticonIdeal Mar 27, 2026 +8

Trump isn’t exactly known for his meticulous planning.

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lolofaf Mar 27, 2026 +2

It also gives iran significant income to continue financing the war against the US. Kind of a damned either way thing

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TheDecepticonIdeal Mar 27, 2026 +2

Oh absolutely. This is what a lack of forethought and planning looks like. But the real w***** is Russia. Watch what they do once the US has committed to boots on the ground and can’t easy pivot back to Ukraine. This are about to get nastier.

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DjPersh Mar 27, 2026 +4

And the price has continued to go up since.

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TheDecepticonIdeal Mar 27, 2026 +3

And it will continue since the Strait used to ship roughly 20M barrels of oil a day. Even if the Strait were to be reopened today, the prices of oil would still stay high and linger for a bit since there was a month long barricade that needs to be accounted for.

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HisaAnt Mar 27, 2026 +3

They could, but there would be international backlash. US has zero rights to the strait after all. It would be the equivalent of throwing a tantrum because someone didn't share their toys with you.

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eyl569 Mar 27, 2026 +6

Blockades are a recognized aspect of warfare. The US doesn't need rights to the Strait for that.

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xRehab Mar 27, 2026 +1

so we are officially at war then?

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eyl569 Mar 27, 2026 +4

A state of armed conflict. International law (as opposed to domestic law, depending) doesn't care if you're in a declared or official war or not.

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osiris92 Mar 27, 2026 +6

What Iran is doing is similar though, it is an international passage and Iran has no right to block it.

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eastpost Mar 27, 2026 +1

Seems like a bad strategy it’s like going to war but purposely handicapping yourself

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FTwo Mar 27, 2026 +69

More gifts for Trump!

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Kdave21 Mar 27, 2026 +2

Isn’t it? The more exceptions they create, the more oil prices will drop, lowering political pressure on Trump. The best case would be them shutting it completely, as that would cause the most pain worldwide and in the oil market

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Puzzled_Cold_3906 Mar 28, 2026 +1

They are allowing it for its alies. Most of world still are in deep trouble if strait remain close by end of April. These relaxation is seen on market of 5/190 countries, still a lot of countries are on pressure

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TriXter69 Mar 27, 2026 +54

Don't forget about the 10 ships they sent to Trump as a gift. How thoughtful of them

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Teripid Mar 27, 2026 +33

Ironically it helps establish toll fee legitimacy. The first 10 are free!

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Magjee Mar 27, 2026 +1

And his dumb ass endorsed it by being gleeful and bragging about it like a win

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CryptoThroway8205 Mar 27, 2026 +1

Oh those 10 Pakistani flagged ships are confirmed coming to the US? That's crazy. Imagine during the middle of world war 2 Hitler just gifted Roosevelt a couple tankers full of oil.

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Mo_h Mar 27, 2026 +112

A classic case of "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

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SpaceMonkey_321 Mar 27, 2026 +94

Nah. Everyone is trump's enemy. Even the US

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respectfulpanda Mar 27, 2026 +38

Election results say 2/3rds endorsed him. So, some of the US

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smltor Mar 27, 2026 +13

That 2/3rds think Trump is their friend but, for Trump, they are his enemy along with everyone else in the world.

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MrDabb Mar 27, 2026 +4

You might want to look up the definition on what endorsement means because it’s definitely not 2/3rds.

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respectfulpanda Mar 27, 2026 +2

Everyone one of the people eligible to vote, who did not, allowed others to make their decision for them. And since he won, they endorsed the decision. If they don't want that label, then they should have gotten off their asses and voted. As such, every one of them who did not vote are de facto Trump supporters.

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debbie666 Mar 27, 2026 +3

Eh, between the gerrymandering and putting polling stations as far away from the people you don't want voting, the inherent lack of public transit, and long wait times outside in lineups (in sometimes crazy heat with it unlawful to provide water), it's not shocking to me that a lot of Americans didn't vote, especially if they felt that neither Trump nor Harris provided representation for them. I'm an older white woman in Canada. When we vote, each neighbourhood has a polling station. Unless we are going together as a household, I walk to my poling station. I have never had to line up outside because we have enough stations that there are never that many people waiting. The longest I've waited was about half an hour in line. Some elections there's maybe 2 to 3 people ahead of me. And public transit is available even in small towns. I also felt that I was represented by one of the candidates. Some European countries let you vote online, from wherever you happen to be, when you get a minute to cast your vote. That it's so difficult and tedious in the US seems to be a feature and not a flaw.

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MrDabb Mar 27, 2026 +3

Using your logic if Kamala would have won those same people endorsing Trump would also be endorsing Kamala. Have you ever met a Trump supporter that would endorse Kamala?

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f3n2x Mar 27, 2026 +3

Yes, that's how not voting works. If you don't you support the results _exactly_ as they fall.

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debbie666 Mar 27, 2026 +1

Two thirds of those who bothered to vote. Hopefully next time most people in the US will make the effort (though I realize that the GOP makes it difficult in a variety of ways).

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Puzzled_Cold_3906 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Not 2/3 but 1/3, around 34% voted for him 32% voted for kamala and rest didn't vote at all. So around less than 2% difference there was in election winning. Not to mention rn on Iran issue 3/4 American don't support his decision

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Compl3t3AndUtterFail Mar 27, 2026 +1

It was rigged. Musk rigged it for him.

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TheDecepticonIdeal Mar 27, 2026 +4

No, majority of Americans are just really that dumb.

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debbie666 Mar 27, 2026 +1

I strongly suspect this as well based on all the little things he and Trump were saying before and after. I wouldn't say it with certainty but it's super shady.

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Praaaaskach Mar 27, 2026 +6

Everyone except underage girls

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DirectAdvertising Mar 27, 2026 +1

US voted him into office TWICE

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NeoIsJohnWick Mar 27, 2026 +19

Have been seeing this information since past 48 hours. We need something new.

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09stibmep Mar 27, 2026 +23

Mission accomplished Agent Krasnov?

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Magjee Mar 27, 2026 +1

Mission failed successfully

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SignalOptions Mar 27, 2026 +11

Also a few European countries.

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VeryLazyEngineeer Mar 27, 2026 +10

Which means the whole EU pretty much.

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Magjee Mar 27, 2026 +3

Iran - EU memorandum of understanding would be icing on the orange cake

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FrostedSki Mar 27, 2026 +5

Are people here seriously forgetting that Iran has sponsored terrorism for decades? It is Okey to acknowledge that both Trump and the Islamic regime are evil.

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Magjee Mar 27, 2026 +8

It's not trump, its the US He's just the meandering idiot in chief at the moment, but even with competent leadership, the US is a warmongering nation

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Medical-Concept-2190 Mar 27, 2026 +4

Has been for a very long time

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VeryLazyEngineeer Mar 27, 2026 +3

Since its inception. Just ask their neighbours and how most states became part of the US.

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drink_bleach_and_die Mar 28, 2026 +1

By that logic, every state is either the same or a pawn of those who are the same.

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Puzzled_Cold_3906 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Only Spain

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m__s Mar 27, 2026 +22

Say whatever you want but for Iran this is a great move. How to keep other countries away from joining the war. And respect to Spain for not joining the war, and telling USA to gtfo from their bases.

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unimportantinfodump Mar 27, 2026 +15

Kia ora iran. Could ya bloody send some of that oil our way. Cheers mate

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aholetookmyusername Mar 27, 2026 +5

US+Israel are arseholes for attacking Iran, bombing schools and such. Iran are arseholes for trying to hold the rest of the world hostage. We live in the f****** pacific ocean, why should this be our problem? The bully and the bandit.

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Public-Eagle6992 Mar 27, 2026 +5

Are they changing the list of who is allowed daily? I see a new article mentioning different countries every day

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Puzzled_Cold_3906 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Spain, Iraq, India, Russia, China, Pakistan Till now

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superseven27 Mar 27, 2026 +3

Shoudn't that relieve the strain on the global oil pirce? I thought western countries only get a small fraction of their oil through the straight of Hormuz and the world pirce only rose because other countries weren't able to get their oil through Hormuz and need to buy elsewhere. But when these countries now get get their oil again, maybe the global price will sink a bit?

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Motorata Mar 27, 2026 +1

It will help a bit but bunisses Will be scared so things wont go back to normal so soon

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Adventurous-Tea-876 Mar 27, 2026 +3

Wouldn’t it be more useful and take up the same amount of space to just name the two other countries rather than saying “2 other countries”?

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Puzzled_Cold_3906 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Iraq and Pakistan. Also Spain is allowed to use the strait

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SacmanJones29 Mar 27, 2026 +3

Sike WSJ reporting that they turned away two Chinese ships. Probably in the hope that China will try to pressure the US into stopping the attacks

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jrob321 Mar 27, 2026 +3

Donald Trump is the guy you grew up with who was constantly told, "Donald, you're the only one I know who could f*** up a wet dream."

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RespectTheTree Mar 28, 2026 +3

Germany is also allowed, India Russia Germany China (IRGC)

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sasankgs Mar 28, 2026 +1

Oh come on.. That can't be a coincidence !

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tdfast Mar 27, 2026 +4

The US really is creating unity around the world. Canada has rallied around the government like it hasn’t in years. Now Iran and Iraq are friendly! Nice work!

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Ambitious_Address667 Mar 27, 2026 +2

Thanks americans we used to be able to use this and now we cant becuase yall needed to swing your d*** around

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downtheholeagain Mar 27, 2026 +9

How did Iran come out of this ongoing war stronger after getting its leader killed by the supposedly strongest nation in the world...

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Background-Value-955 Mar 27, 2026 +10

It's because the system doesn't rely on one man. It's also related to the Shia relationship and pov towards a leaders death which is different from ones normal opinion towards such a thing. Also I don't think it's just Iran that isnt massively affected by such a thing. Even if Netenyahu himself died I don't really think much would change in Israel, he isn't really that important, yes he's the most important man in iSrael, but if he dies they'd just find a successor and move on, which is why the craze with people analyzing every video to tell you that Netenyahu is dead is a bit strange to me.

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Vertitto Mar 27, 2026 +6

how exactly is Iran stronger?

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TheOneWithTheNephews Mar 27, 2026 +1

It now dictates who's allowed to transfer oil and gas from multiple major producers in the region.

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klgod Mar 27, 2026 +8

Crazy how Modi was hugging Israel Pm for like 20 seconds 2 days before they started bombing Iran

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Magjee Mar 27, 2026 +6

I don't like him But I can't deny his political instincts

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Hope_Justice Mar 27, 2026 +1

Got some madeup award too.

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Ragebaiterlmao Mar 27, 2026 +6

Iran making power moves.

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Gentle_method Mar 27, 2026 +5

You think this is the war that sets up China to be a super power by mid century?

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arul20 Mar 27, 2026 +4

Yes. America is shooting itself on it's foot.

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Be_quiet_Im_thinking Mar 27, 2026 +1

Unless boots on the ground control that strait and I can see Trump putting boots on the ground just to hold the strait for the few years China might invade Taiwan.

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SnuffleWarrior Mar 27, 2026 +4

I'm sure Trump has a plan for this. Bwahahaha

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RabbitCity6090 Mar 27, 2026 +1

india and pakistan are sworn enemies. pakistan has a deal with saudi to defend them against any aggression. This is just a temporary friendship.

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[deleted] Mar 27, 2026 +3

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OLacAlmost Mar 27, 2026 +18

Yeah that's what is written in the title

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kl122002 Mar 27, 2026 +1

Not surprising.

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theenigmacode Mar 27, 2026 +1

This is like that Chris Jericho bit on WWE. Congratulation you made the list

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Gomnanas Mar 27, 2026 +1

He was the ayatollah of rock and rollah, after all.

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Brave_Nerve_6871 Mar 27, 2026 +1

Nobody could have seen this coming /s

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Boys4Ever Mar 27, 2026 +1

Cost of doing business on behalf of Israel and Big Oil.

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user745786 Mar 27, 2026 +1

Pakistan is next door and has a sizeable military. Iran would need a good reason to anger their neighbour.

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Protean_Protein Mar 27, 2026 +1

Pakistan has the chance to do something really funny right now.

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NomadFH Mar 27, 2026 +1

I honestly want to know, what exactly do people expect a country to do after you kill their leader (most of their leaders actually) and bomb most of their country without even declaring war? Why does everyone expect Iran to consider the economic health of countries aiding in its destruction?

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-HealingNoises- Mar 27, 2026

So is it world war 3 yet? /s But for reals, this group of countries are at this point engaged in constant sabotage and funding each other in their wars against.... Every one else. We are pretty much there is many ways already.

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Morganelefay Mar 27, 2026 +1

It's in the end not that much different from the Cold War, when you think about it, just with way more information available to everyone.

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'Friendly nations' only: Iran allows India, Russia, China and 2 other countries to use Strait of Hormuz amid war.

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