Trump threatens to seize Kharg Island and other Iran oil infrastructure
www.cnbc.com
Trump said the forthcoming operations to take over Iran's oil infrastructure, and its oil and gas markets, would be similar to U.S. actions in Venezuela.

  • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orgEnglish
    66·
    2 months ago

    It’ll be a clean, fast special operation that definitely won’t lead to a protracted ground war.
    Iran will be taken by complete surprise, since they didn’t expect it.
    Just a couple of helicopters with some special forces guys who go in at night, and in the morning Iran’s leadership will surrender, apologize and build a Trump Hotel in Tehran.

    I’m sure of it!

  • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    Obviously they’re doing this to protect the world from Iran using nuclear weapons. I cannot think of any other reason. Just like Venezuela.

  • Doomsider@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    Oh look another round of stock manipulation for profit.

    Someone in the Whitehouse making bets!?

    What a joke.

    • BC_viper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Ah yes, the sent of bitch is in the air today. For trumps once again being a little piggy bitch that bitches out of things like a weak pathetic loser.

  • switcheroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Attacking, then stealing.

    I really wish Bonespurs McFuckUp would go to the Middle East for once just to oversee… That’d be nice, don’t you think? I’m sure it’s be safe.

  • metermatic26@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Watching Trump is like watching someone thrash around in quick sand; every time he makes a move, he ends up sinking even deeper.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I wonder how many decades of blowback this shit will return to US and Israel. I remember bombings in the 80s attributed as payback for events in the 70s… and thinking, man, we haven’t seen anything yet. oooof

    • comrade_twisty@feddit.orgEnglish
      431·
      2 months ago

      The US being bad does not change anything about Russia.

      If your brother murders someone it does not change anything about the fact that your dad raped someone.

      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        174·
        2 months ago

        It’s such an incredibly childish way of thinking. These people grew up with “Russia bad, Murica good” propaganda, had their minor awakening as they realized the US weren’t in fact the heroes they’d been taught they were, but never actually bothered to unpack the underlying assumption that the world is made of heroes and villains. So instead of figuring out that actually all forms of imperialism suck, they just swapped the heroes and villains in the fairytale because it’s more comforting to live in a world that has unambiguous good guys and bad guys. They want to have a team that they can cheer for and screw it if reality doesn’t agree.

      • treesartlife@lemmy.worldEnglish
        57·
        2 months ago

        Ffs, I forgot this is social media and the average intelligence is room temperature. Of course, Russia is bad. The point is that there is no fucking outrage when the US declares they’re just going to take an island. In case of Russia’s invasion we had 24/7 rolling coverage and breaking news banners on all news sites

        • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          The point is that there is no fucking outrage when the US declares they’re just going to take an island.

          Sorry, what?

        • matlag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I don’t know what’s your news are, but I didn’t have the same perception (France and Canada):

          There was some anger when Trump floated the idea of “taking” Canada, but he wasn’t taken seriously.

          There was definitely an outrage when Trump repeated he would have Greenland by force if needed, and he was taken seriously.

          There are mild reactions now when he says he will take an island from Iran because he’s lost all credibility. Fact is I’m not sure he could get his ships close enough to the island before they’re sunk by Iran’s drones…