Outside of the obvious scam that is the whole platform, I never really thought about how much of a security risk it is! There’s probably teams of Iranian intelligence tracking the “probability” of each action the US can/will take. I wonder if US intel is just panicking/profiting off it or if they’re going in deeper, making fake insider trades to mislead people
We still don’t have a name or a face to this guy, right? And it will be interesting to see how they write a scenario where they lose all those aircraft without anyone dying
Some of it could be because of Trump’s tarrifs, right? I heard that China was sending their parts to Vietnam to complete the product and sell from there, evading the restrictions on Chinese tech
so the plan for the war where the main problem is the closure of the straight of hormuz, is to close the straight even harder??? The plan to remove the mines seems like a no-go but instructing the navy to “seek and interdict every vessel in international waters that has paid a toll to Iran” seems very possible. Basically they’re going to be doing piracy, going to ships, and probably seizing their oil. If they can get intel on who paid, they can harass ships outside of Iran’s missile range. Realistically, they’ll probably harass ships that never paid the toll while accusing them of paying. Physically, they could do it, but I’m sure there are consequences I can’t think of off the top of my head
Does anyone know how lifting sanctions work? Are there scenarios where Iranians could withdraw frozen assets very quickly before the war restarts?
*looks at a map*
What’s up with Turkmenistan? I know it’s a former Soviet country but I only ever hear of them in that context, I have no idea how they interact with the Muslim world
According to Wikipedia they and Iran are chill 👍🏻
Iran and Turkmenistan share a common border of more than 1000 km. Since Turkmenistan’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the two countries have enjoyed good relations and have cooperated in economic, transportation, infrastructure development, and energy sectors. The two nations have strong historic ties.
Other points: -Turkmenistan is mostly Sunni Muslim, but I didn’t see anything about sectarian conflict between them and Iran
-Turkmenistan is another major natural gas producer, and north Iran actually imports gas from them sometimes
-Turkmenistan is recognized by the UN as a “formally neutral country” and apparently that value is also enshrined in their constitution! Idk if they do anything behind the scenes or if things would change if push came to shove, but good for them :)
It surely can’t be anything related to joining the war right? Cuz surely they’d attack with the element of surprise.
Yeah Ive really heard nothing about it! It’s been really underreported, especially for something happening between two countries on Iran’s border
I know it’s just a military exercise, but there’s something charming about drones being used to ram targets :)
I heard that the “prize” was letting non-us non-israeli tankers through the straight, which they were already doing
we support our troops in the posting wars
I can’t wait to afford groceries again!
I never thought of that! Here’s to all of em getting scrapped after long periods of overuse and wear and tear
Ok but for real when do we draw the line between a misinformation campaign and dementia/inability to keep track of a message
Your war affected me both unpleasantly and pleasantly (you see, I always move in dialectical contradictions).
We may not get to see an aircraft carrier go down, but it looks like simple overuse of those big machines can wear them out so bad that they become unusable 
Is there anywhere to learn the situation in Iraq? Without US bases projecting power, is a collapse possible like in syria or Afghanistan ?
naval morale has to be incredibly low right now! i don’t know many navy people but my impression was that it was seen as the “safe” one where you’re not in nearly as much danger as the army or marines