Gulf States Accept a New Normal in Hormuz: Iran Is in Control

50 pointsposted 9 hours ago
by petethomas

19 Comments

Incipient

9 hours ago

To the EU - we need a new global leader. Please get your act together and step up.

grebc

2 hours ago

Have you met China?

selivanovp

5 hours ago

The EU leadership is even worse than what they have in USA.

cocacola1

8 hours ago

It appears the situation has developed not necessarily to our advantage.

mindslight

8 hours ago

Mission Accomplished!

(I miss the days when evil was halfway competent at working to further the interests of the domestic power structure)

OutOfHere

6 hours ago

The Iranian civilization is five thousand years old. It's not out of the blue that they have a hundred underground missile and drone cities. They know how to play the long game, and America never does.

windex

9 hours ago

A world screwed by a mouth breathing MAGA cult. I guess democracies should have programmatic indicators when the idiocy levels start increasing. Countries that cross a bunch of "idiocy indicators" will need intervention.

There is something seriously wrong with american system where a felon can become president and steal openly.

boothby

8 hours ago

Who's going to intervene on the country with the largest nuclear arsenal in the world?

OutOfHere

6 hours ago

It is very easy if they stop:

1. Using the USD as a reserve.

2. Buying its treasuries.

3. Using the USD for trade with other countries.

sandspar

8 hours ago

Is this really the quality of comment that belongs on HackerNews?

jfengel

6 hours ago

Under ordinary circumstances, no.

But these are not ordinary circumstances. This is the collapse of the country that is the center of the tech universe. More than a few on HN are supporters of the administration. The frustration of HN users appalled at the situation is on topic.

user

8 hours ago

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Georgelemental

8 hours ago

Nearly the entire political class here has wanted this war for decades, but held back because they knew how risky and unpopular it would be. They were very happy when Trump came along and was dumb enough to do it and take the blame on himself. Chuck Schumer put out a video last year egging him on! https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1929676991789203528 Trump is not the actual problem, just a useful idiot

georgemcbay

9 hours ago

The "most powerful man in the world" is an incompetent fucking clown unfit to run a local McDonalds franchise.

That's the world we all live in.

senectus1

9 hours ago

the more terrifying question is "now this is the new baseline for normal, how much worse will it get?!?"

foogazi

9 hours ago

It’s not the new normal

8note

8 hours ago

sure it is. a whole generation is growing up with this as the baseline.

user

9 hours ago

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user

9 hours ago

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