Meanwhile, dozens were injured by Iranian strikes in Israel, as Tehran targeted a nuclear site.

Donald Trump threatened Iran in a Truth Social post Saturday evening, warning that the U.S. would target the nation’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed.

“If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!” Trump wrote in the post.

Approximately 20% of the world’s oil passes through the the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade route. Iranian attacks on ships in the area have seen the area essentially close to maritime traffic, while oil prices have soared globally.

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

Nothing says diplomacy like a Twitter ultimatum with a countdown while simultaneously admitting that you are about to commit a war crime.

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

    Yep.

    Sad part is labelling things as ‘War crimes’ is meaningless. There’s no accountability in this World anymore.

    It’s like “that’s a war crime!”

    … “so anyways… what’s for dinner?”

    Sad World our ancestors fought and died for all those years ago.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago

    Well....

    So like for probably me and you, it was our grand fathers and great grandfather's that put forth the rules of war in WW1 and WW2.

    For Trump it was his dad. He's not even that removed, he was born 3 years before the Geneva convention was ratified. When "War Crimes" actually became a thing...

    Purely speculation, but given the fact he has never had respect of law, I think him and his cabal would have been against the idea of creating war crimes in 1949... So for him its just a long line of ignoring inconvenient "woke" bullcrap.

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

    "Stop making a oil crisis or we'll make it even worse!"

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  • [–] 72 points 7 months ago*

    Iran already replied to the threat saying they'd bomb the gulf's desalinators...what now, you fucking idiot? He really has no notion of what he's done and no ability to think beyond threats and escalation...

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

    Fascinating to watch the strategist in chief play three-dementia chess...

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  • [–] 49 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Bombing powerplants is an attack on civilians and therefore a war crime.

    Who is going to stop this addle-pated pigman?

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

    We're at the point both sides could just be waiting for him to wipe Iran off the map before doing anything since can just make Trump the scapegoat and finally get their wished for attack on Iran

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    [–] 37 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    What even was the official objective of this war in the first place

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Was Israel's only objective, and therefore Trump cabinet/negotiators objectives. So far, war has just made Iranian people more enthusiastic about IRGC's dominance in the conflict. Electricity failure in the mildest month of the year won't change that, and there are rapid electricity restoration (solar) solutions.

    GCC is faced with a survival threat for their demonic, either secret initial war support or the gaslighting of ever escalating escalation against Iran. Iran has offered peace with GCC even as they are backed into executing their total annihilation. There is an important global community private communications with US channel path, even as anti-Iran public comments continue, that can try to convince Trump of declaring victory while accepting real defeat, which lets world reopen Gulf without US interference.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Depends on the hour you asked that question, plus some alignments of planets and what crystals are doing, least from anything I can tell. Yet the US is letting him go ahead, huh. So whatever works for the US I guess.

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

    Civil Energy infrastructure.

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago

    This mother fucker is going to get us all killed.

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)
    >start war against country controlling 20% of oil
    >20% of oil is jeopardised
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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago

    The bombings will continue until you like us more than your violent government...seems like a solid plan...

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    "obliterate", like how he "obliterated" the Iranian's nuclear capabilities last June?

    So I should expect they'll be producing at full capacity again in 8 months then? Is that how this works?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Most of the middle east will be in the dark, energy production and distribution from the gulf will be set back for decades, and this will effect the whole world. Israel and US probably counting on dragging Europe kicking and screaming into this war to stop the complete failure of the US.

    Fucking idiots.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Again, going after civilian infrastructure targets rather than military ones. And who gets the contract to rebuild this infrastructure? This douche bag is gonna start a world war because him and his friends will get rich building the bombs, using the bombs, and rebuilding the shit they themselves have blown up. Blown up for the sole reason to make a lot of really rich people even richer. We are all so fucked... Humans, man.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago*

    We obliterate nuclear enrichment sites so hard they come back online mere weeks later. No one obliterates like us.

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  • Who would have though Iran would save America!?

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    Give up your only leverage while we horsefuck you or else we will horse fuck you! Brilliant! /s

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago

    Based on what I know about how Trump operates, I'm fully convinced he is just creating an excuse to launch a nuke at someone, either Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland, any country he can. Because that's the one thing he has just been itching to do his entire presidency. Using the special codes to launch a nuclear bomb to prove to the world and to himself that he really is as powerful as God himself.

    I am actually willing to bet that we're eventually going to learn that he has already tried at least once but someone has (until now) managed to block it.

    Someone is going to get nuked if Trump is not stopped.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    strength doesn't need threats, pussy.

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    The US seems to want us to be extremely focused on one small part of their war - the Strait of Hormuz. It's all they ever harp on about.

    What's the situation across the rest of the theatre? How close is the US to accomplishing it's primary war goals?

    Why do they suspiciously want us to ignore everything else and focus on this one international shipping transit lane?

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

    US here. Uh...can you share what those war objectives are? We have not been told

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

    Assuming they're the same as Venezuela:

    1. Armed coercion to discourage nation-state dissent against the Great Leader of America
    2. A way to end "Trump I"-era sanctions without losing face.
    3. A way to find new "donors" to Trump's bank account.

    The reason why this failed, was that the dictator's successor in this instance refused to cooperate with Trump.

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

    I think it's quite simple, the blockade is causing oil prices to spike which is seemingly the only thing the public in the US actually considers a problem about the whole war. Opening the strait would stop that and would allow them the continue without getting absolutely destroyed in the midterms.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Problem is, to defend their side of the strait, the US has to redeploy their defenses from places like Korea, Taiwan and Ukraine, which weakens their global position in these regions.

    But yes, the US public couldn't care less as long as it doesn't affect them.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    This seems to have more truth and credibility to it than american politics and media. It's also what Peter theil talks about. When they say people are the antichrist, they are talking about the people that are against these religious extremist wars. And it seems to also align with the Christian nationalism marketing etc... humanity is being played out for ancient psychopath ideologies. While it's all just vague connections being connected it still seems more honest than what we are groomed for.

    https://youtu.be/r-Xv-lUhVv8

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    very putin-like of him. impotent dictators outclassed by the problems they caused and pretending they have been fighting a war with one hand tied behind their back and unless they are able to give orders to their enemies they will unleash their true power is one of the most pathetic things.

    You cant escalate if you are already at war and already committing war crimes.

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

    Guess I‘ll hold off watching news and quietly enjoy the little pre WW3 peace time I have.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago*

    Can't wait for TACO Tuesday

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Trump, you still don’t get it. There is no incentive to comply.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    and considering how well and easily Iran has been able to retaliate at various targets yeah...this will go swimmingly.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I really, REALLY hate this timeline.

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