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ericmaylast Wednesday at 2:21 AM4 repliesview on HN

Oman isn’t the only country in the region, and any country should expect their ships to sail peacefully. Last I checked it’s the US and Israel at war with Iran, not others - no justification for charging transit fees.

Second, you’re ignoring decades of history and picking an arbitrary point to say that’s when some animosity started. Nobody forced Iran to build all these missiles and to try and build a nuclear weapon or kill their own people or fund actual terrorist groups as designated by the United States and European Union. If you drag out negotiations long enough you never get bombed! What a thought lol.


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modo_mariolast Wednesday at 7:24 AM

>and any country should expect their ships to sail peacefully

Tbf the US seized plenty of theirs, others and such.

>Last I checked it’s the US and Israel at war with Iran, not others

The US bases and provided landing spots and ports, etc kind of speak otherwise and they don't have other ways of getting money from the US I believe.

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JumpCrisscrosslast Wednesday at 2:32 AM

> Nobody forced Iran to build all these missiles and to try and build a nuclear weapon or kill their own people or fund actual terrorist groups as designated by the United States and European Union

Iran has absolutely run its strategy as a basket case. But proxies aside (which is a big aside), they were fairly self contained until we started hitting them. At least this time around.

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Cyph0nlast Wednesday at 2:29 AM

First, look at a map. The strait is entirely contained by Omani and Iranian waters.

Second, I don't have much else to say to you if you actually think that assassinating a head of state in the middle of active negotiations is anything but vile & uncivilized behavior unbecoming of a "civilized" superpower.

Ultimately, this is going to be a major strategic loss for the US and Israel. They have achieved none of the goals stated at the outset of this "operation", outside of perhaps diminishing the Iranian missile manufacturing capabilities & stockpile.

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FpUserlast Wednesday at 2:31 AM

>"Nobody forced Iran to build all these missiles and to try and build a nuclear weapon or kill their own people or fund actual terrorist groups"

Sounds exactly like the US with the exception that they prefer to kill other people, not their own.