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Straight’s closed. You can’t sail there.
Yeah idk whats so hard to understand about "closed". Why does the crew not just refuse going there?
There are a variety of reasons to be confused, even the entire oil market is confused.
Here are some reasons for confusion:
I like calling it the bendy of hormuz
I don't know where you're getting your information, but it's mostly incorrect. From the BBC link above, scroll down to find it:
From the same source, it's not spoofing, but jamming and disabled trackers causing the problem with actual ship tracking:
I can find no source that says anything about any line of ships waiting to cross, real or not. Probably because they don't want to get caught in the crossfire.
What crossfire? Iran is actively firing missiles at neighboring countries and hitting ships already in the Strait of Hormuz.
All that's a far cry from the selective closing you described, and I can't find any source that confirms any such deal as you assert between Iran and any country, GCC or not, that allows current access to the Strait of Hormuz.
But Trump did lie about escorting a ship, so you got that part right.
Why did you even bother? Were you just wondering how long it would take for someone to notice and correct you?
Yeah? And why do you think those ships felt confident to cross?
In your world, where inanimate ships "feel" and that means something, there are no sources at all, and you can't provide any.
In the real world of legitimate news and actual sources, I was unable to find any source describing or relying on "confidence," but it doesn't even matter. Any confidence was unjustified. From the same source:
So much for confidence. Speaking of which, your ass is not a reliable source of information.
EDITED TO ADD -- so much for your non-existent agreement, denied by Tehran directly:
Iran has ports east of the strait, directly in the gulf of Oman
Because Trump keeps pushing them to do dangerous and stupid things.
Do you think the Asian slaves on these ships are keeping up to global news on social media?
I doubt they havent heard of their colleagues getting literally bombed lol
You can make a lot of money if you make it.
Money.
Strait up.
Moose out front should’ve told you.
Strait wisdom to be sure.