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French ship crosses Strait of Hormuz after Macron backs Iran's sovereignty (www.wionews.com)
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[–] 89 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

Trump: "Open the Strait yourselves!"

Europe: "k"

Trump: "No, not like that"

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    • [–] 21 points 7 months ago

    No one can wrap (late but somehow still early) opportunism in a rousing speech like macron

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    [–] 32 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Ugh I predict another wave of idiots yelling "Freedom Fries"

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

    but then again, it was fun back then triggering the conservatives by merely calling them french fries. lol

    sometimes you got to look at life's silver linings to keep your sanity going. lol

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago*

    First off, that would be awesome. I stupidly never saved any of my old freedom fries receipts, and I've always regretted that.

    Unfortunately for me, our societies relationship with our political system is so radically different from the early 2000s, that I don't think that specific type of cultural short circuit is possible.

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    • [–] 13 points 7 months ago

    See how easy it is?

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Does this mean that Iran haven't mined the straight? Or did the ship just get lucky?

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Why would Iran mine the strait?

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

    Mines don't need to be maintained actively, so it would make sense if Iran were about to lose its capacity to sink ships in the strait by other means. As the US said would happen a few weeks ago.

    So US media said Iran would or did mine the strait. And sometimes people believe propaganda even if they know better than to trust it.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 7 months ago

    Right, that was the point I was making there. The only scenario where it would make sense for Iran to mine the strait would be if they couldn't control it otherwise, and it's pretty clear they're in firm control right now.

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