President Donald Trump warned on Monday that any Iranian ships approaching the blockade would be ‘immediately eliminated’
  • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    “If the blockade continues, the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open,” Ghalibaf wrote in a post on X.

    A: … But isn’t that the goal of the blockade?
    B: Can we take a moment to wallow in depression over yet more major diplomatic statements being posted on fucking Twitter? Fucking hell, stop giving that shithole US platform legitimacy.

    God everything about this is so damn infuriating and tragic and fuck this.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      4·
      14 days ago

      A: … But isn’t that the goal of the blockade?

      The blockade is only on Iran if I understand this right, while Iran’s closing of the strait is for everyone else. They’re pointing two different guns at the global economy, not the same gun.

      B: Can we take a moment to wallow in depression over yet more major diplomatic statements being posted on fucking Twitter? Fucking hell, stop giving that shithole US platform legitimacy.

      I mean, both sides here have plenty of problems with US legacy media, though for different reasons. It makes perfect sense that they’ll rely on alternative media. Doubly so for Iran because it knows the Western political class will never listen to its demands; they’re talking to the average Westerner here, hence Twitter.