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Despite the propaganda from the West, Iran is keeping the Straits closed indefinitely (except for their allies). This was signposted by Iran to try to deter the Zionist neocon warmongers but clearly they didn't care or take it seriously. Now we will all pay for Netanyahu's insane war with higher energy and food prices.
Let's not minimize the US Republicans culpability here. They bear just as much responsibility for all of this.
US Republicans had great incentives to do this, despite claiming to be pro-business. They're in the pockets of big oil, for one, and American oil producers are going to make big bank on the increased rates for crude oil barrels.
And that's on top of the whole "awlays doing what Israel says" factor.
There really isn't any "strait is open" propaganda coming from the US that I've seen. Everyone here knows it's down and out.
https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/will-escort-ships-us-moves-to-secure-strait-of-hormuz-amid-iran-strikes-article-13853345.html
And
https://maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-navy-turns-down-strait-of-hormuz-escort-requests-because-of-high-risk
US propaganda promises made, Us propaganda promises broken in record time.
Only the five-second tweet from our Energy Secretary who asserted the US would escort ships through the strait.
Which was summarily deleted.
Yep. That was like the only thing I heard. Just him, who deleted it shortly after when it was debunked. Then he's also currently getting bitched at for trying to manipulate oil prices over it. That's it, out of the massive storm of news talking about how it's been shut down and oil prices will climb. Even from Trump's on maga tards and bought news agencies.