President Donald Trump, who has been pressing allies to help safeguard the critical waterway, fumed on Tuesday that the U.S. is not getting support “despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot” be allowed to secure a nuclear weapon.
“Guys! GUYS! You really depend on the oil that flows through the Strait so come and help me open it!”
“But your actions closed it in the first place.”
“OMG I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU WON’T HELP! :`(”
Fuck me, this is what international politics and diplomacy have become.
Also, most NATO countries don’t really depend that much on that oil. Most of it goes to Asia.
It’s the various US allies in the gulf that are going to be feeling the pinch the most. If oil isn’t getting out, they won’t be getting paid. And they’re getting pelted by Iranian drones to boot.
“don’t really depend that much on that oil”
Then why tf do I have to pay 30cts/liter more for gasoline?
All sold at “market rates” no matter the source.
Same reason I pay gas electricity prices, when most of it is made by wind turbines.
This is our life on capitalism…