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Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade tells oil tankers to go through the Strait of Hormuz: "Show some guts and go through that strait and do it" (www.mediamatters.org)

submitted 8 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Even the us government doesn't have that kind of money

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[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You sure about that? We’re talking insurance, not all tankers would sink, the war itself is billions per day.

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[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 child)

The US government investing that much into a bunch of oil tankers would actually make them bigger targets because it would be another vector from which to bleed America's coffers dry.

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[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 1 point 8 months ago

Huh good point

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