Iran threatens to strike back against U.S. naval blockade

A concept of a ceasefire and a quick profit on the stock market (taco Tuesday).

Not in Lebanon it wasn't.

Very much like this, yes. Except the Russian one includes some friendly fire while you’re at it.

Lebanon (and Palestine) were clearly identified in Irans peace-fire demands. Conveniently neglected by USA and Israel.

It was *literally* [\#3 of Iran's 10 demands](https://www.listnook.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fthe-alleged-10-point-iran-plan-thats-part-of-the-ceasefire-v0-qb0dfu8msutg1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3De47239e02b4d531ad0dedb937eeec00c108954d3).

Show us the ceasefire language.

Yall are delusional. 'This is a ceasefire, but our ally will be invading your neighbor to kill your other allies, deal?' Is a take only an American right winger could have.

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We heard you like fish so we put an aquarium in your blockade dog!

Can I buy some pot from you? Because you've got to be stoned.

So the american people are getting money when US oil is sold? How does that work?

For sure man, US is definitely outmaneuvering China, due careful planning, patience and forethought

Oh 100% no way it was

No problem, I appreciate the good question. Too many people just post outrage or bias and don't any kind of productive dicussion.

This whole thing seemed like a half-baked idea. (The war, not the blockade) I'm just wondering why the blockade didn't start right away

What is China’s other option? Get militarily involved? China 100% does NOT want to do that. They can put politically pressure either side, but militarily and economically, China is not in a great power position currently.

Because the other option to exert influence over the situation is military and china may be a formidable adversary but their ability to project is still pretty lacking. What will happen if they don’t want to pressure Iran will more than likely be economic pressures on the west. But even that capability is somewhat limited when you have a president who doesn’t seem to care about economic impact

At first I think the US freaked out and was doing everything in their power to avoid high oil prices. It was short sighted and pointless though since it just strengthened Irans position. China only has so many levers to use to pressure the US. Aiding Iran up until this point was one of them. They want to inconvenience the US but not act in a way that would escalate to another trade war. I have a feeling this tactic may actually work. I bet China begins to pressure them this week

Iran decided that being attacked by USA and Israel means they can retaliate against civilian ships from almost every country. you can go back and say oh so they were attacked, thats the real reason, I can go back say all of the things that prompted the attack, and then we can each disagree based in our core principles, but the bottom line is: iran said “strait mine” usa now says “strait for no one until you back off”

Do you honestly not know that Iran funds hundreds of thousands of men with weapons to attack Israel constantly? This war was done poorly, but in what world was it done without reason? Imagine if Russia, instead of attacking Ukraine, funded enemies on several sides of Ukraine to host armies hundreds of thousands strong who endlessly send missiles over the border, who build vast networks of tunnels to remain hidden, who are literally always looking for weaknesses in the border so they can attack like on Oct 7. Even more, imagine that Israel wasn't as crafty at war as it is. Again, these men number in the hundreds of thousands. That's a big deal. What if they really did manage to get a few tens of thousands of men inside the border. Do you know what a nightmare it could become to defeat them? They're a legitimate threat to Israel. The one and only reason you don't side with Israel is because, so far, their competence has kept their army dominant over the proxies. And just to add further on the Russia example. In that case where it's Russia supplying weapons to proxies to attack Ukraine. Does Ukraine not, in that scenario, have a valid reason to attack Russia? Sure, it's not Russians shooting Ukrainian people, but it is Russian equipment. It is under Russian command. Wouldn't it be smart to attack the source of your enemies if possible? Explain a counter to every single point I've made. I feel like your only opinion is that Israel shouldn't exist which, guess what, isn't possible. So given the reality of today, tell me what Israel should be doing. Should they let themselves get destroyed? Explain in clear English.