re: #213 sattv4u2

Here’s the thing, kiddies

Bluster all they want, but blocking/ closing the Strait of Hormuz will NOT sit well with Irans Arab neighbors

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE ALL use the straits to get their oil to market

Yup, the gulf won’t be happy about this. On the other hand while we call Iran the Middle East, they don’t think of themselves as middle eastern. They think of themselves as Persians, and the Arabs can go pound sand. And in the context of a military conflict between the US and Iran the gulf states militaries don’t amount to all that much.