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Trump mulls 'winding down' war and leaving Strait of Hormuz crisis to 'other nations' (news.sky.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/world@lemmy.world
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He says other nations will have to guard and police the Strait of Hormuz as necessary, after his attacks on the country prompted Iran to target vessels in the crucial world shipping lane. Mark Stone analyses the Truth Social post.

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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nationality matters. Didn't India negotiate passage for their ships? I can imagine Iran will happily let ships through from countries that cut ties with the US. Don't host US bases, don't use dollars to pay for oil. That sort of thing.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe allowing any country's ships through except the us ships would be better.
    It shows that Iran is open to some form of conversation or negotiation whilst also saying to the us that their war starting shit won't be tolerated.
    And to come back in 12-15 years after there's been a few different presidents to see if they've changed their warmongering ways. (<-- Haha, yeah)

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    The problem is no one registers their ships from their actual country. There are a few countries that everyone registers their ships to, so it's not quite as simple as that, there are hidden paper trails connecting many of these boats to their true owners.

    Liberia, Panama, and the Marshall Islands are the bigger ones.

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