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Dubai has only ten days of fresh food left after the closure of the Straits of Hormuz has cut the United Arab Emirates (UAE) off from all its imports, including food. In Abu Dhabi, with the prospect of the region becoming unliveable, real estate prices are also collapsing.

As bne IntelliNews reported, the Hormuz chokepoint could kill Dubai, a hub of investment and business in the region. The Gulf countries don’t have any water and don’t produce much food for their combined population of around 60mn people. Fresh products in particular like vegetables and fruit are almost all imported. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) closed the Straits of Hormuz to oil exports on March 2, but the embargo also effectively blocked all food imports at the same time.

The Emirates imports between 80% and 90% of its food, with roughly 70% of food shipments to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries normally passing through the Strait of Hormuz on the 100- odd ships that traversed the Straits until a week ago.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Explain to me how this doesn’t encourage a United bombing run on both Israel and the states.

Nukes. The US has a lot of fucking nukes. We've used them before, when a sane government was in control. If anyone bombs the US it will literally be the end of civilization.

That's not hyperbole. This orange fuck will absolutely let the nukes rip.

Israel also has a lot of nukes.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 7 points 1 day ago

And Israel has the Samson option

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No he's not. Any nuke use by anyone would be completely geopolitical collapse and even americans would probably refuse the order.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The secretary of ““defense”” of the US is an actual doomsday accelerationist.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is "““defense””" in scare quotes because his real title is Secretary of WARRRRR?

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I don't care what the department is called, but I don't remember it doing much defense except for a brief time in WW2.

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

A big chunk of American administration is salivating over the idea of geopolitical collapse. Sure, maybe a few might refuse, but that just means they will find a replacement or find leverage that convinces the person to follow orders.

Think of Nazi Germany. While some soldiers followed horrific orders gleefully, many others did them because hurting someone else prevented retaliation against themselves or their families. It’s easy to say you’d never hurt anyone, but harder to adhere to if you’re watching a gun aimed at your child’s head.