Massive China and Russia win here.
Was pretty hilarious to watch all these takes where people were saying how Iran can’t close the strait because that would hurt its allies. As if it was a binary thing as opposed to them being able to choose which ships will pass through.
Oh absolutely, that’s probably why they aren’t mining the strait but just blasting those that try.
you would thinking mining would be the go-to move since so much of the western world might join in the fray to protect their financial & military assets.
It’s the nuclear option, right now Iran wants to stay on Russia and China’s good sides.
speaking of nuclear: i wonder if tel-aviv/washington/london/paris would launch a nuke if iran makes too much progress in neutralizing all of the western assets in the region and if beijing or moscow would step in at that stage.
Exactly, they don’t have to take any extreme measures like mining because the mere threat is enough for insurers to pull back. This is exactly what Yemen was doing in Suez, and proved to be extremely effective.
I saw Russia and China being criticized for their lack of support for Iran. I’m curious what that support consist of, because afaik they haven’t done much so far.
They provide weapons, intelligence, and economic support to Iran. I’m frankly not sure where the whole narrative that they’re not doing much is coming from. Iran certainly seems to think they’re doing enough.
