• dotcoma a day ago |
    They should have said it before going to war...
    • darkteflon a day ago |
      I’m sure they did. No evidence to suggest there was an intelligence failure, afaik. The failures are, on the evidence, entirely at the, shall we say, executive level.
      • dotcoma 20 hours ago |
        You’re telling me that the orange guy did something out of spite and without careful consideration of what could happen? I’m shocked.
    • tim-tday a day ago |
      They did, they even published publicly.

      Analysis have been consistent for years: Iran can close the strait of Hormuz indefinitely with minimal effort.

      Shippers and their insurers are extremely risk averse. A single dude with a shoulder mounted rocket anywhere in on the coastline is enough to keep ships out.