I think we are viewing two different opinions on this. Great powers do this constantly in the past and if Iran was blowing it off diplomatically even during the talks there will be consequences. You don’t have to like it but that’s just my view.
BRICS unifying at all? Come on, be serious.
What is this, a crossover episode?
Iran is not part of BRICS. It is vaguely BRICS-aligned in a sense but the I and C in BRICS are very sensitive to their oil imports being squeezed which "closing Hormuz" would do. The dollar's power is litrully at the same level (share of foreign currency reserves, share of foreign trade invoices denominated in dollars, share of foreign trade transactions denominated in dollars) it was in 2022 when kicking Russia out of SWIFT was supposed to diminish the dollar's power, can we please stop with the dollar is gonna be destrooyed already
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Judging by the way the blue streaks directly back from the entrances, along the path of the bombs? That might be an indication of subsidance. You would not normally expect a trench or dry Riverbed to run along the path of your facilities entry tunnels. If anything the entry should be in line with a peak or raised area of ground. It's possible that the tunnels collapsed and the ground above them dropped 2-3 meters.
they tried that, US raped them with Operation Praying Mantis
BRICS is a meme
Mossad and SBU have aligned interests, I wouldn't be surprised if they work together
About 15% of China's oil is from Iran. That may sound like a small percentage but China is fucking giant.
It isn't necessarily what people "wish for" but more a part of the global reality and one of the many options that could materialize from something like this. The USD is the dominant global reserve currency and besides geopolitics the current internal state (both politically and economically) of the US is less than stellar.
Expecting China and India to come and resolve their border disputes
There is considerable overlap between people who think BRICS is a force to be reckoned with and people who complain about pajeets nonstop in US political threads
>US taking action to enforce nonproliferation is a major blow to nonproliferation
I mean, its only the UN rep, but its your typical Chinese response, ie talking out of both sides of their mouth.
It looks like its the color of the underlying rock. It's the color of what they dig out as spoil. Not the normal surface covering. The fact that there are now huge blue streaks stetching to the right of those 2 eastern entrances would seem to be an indication of surface collapse or subsidance. Those bombs apparently did work as advertised. The question is where are the actual facilities in the tunnels? And did they collapse?
If they seriously plan to close it even only for 1 hour israel will immediately strike Kharg island which holds 90% of Iranian oil that basically funds the IRGC.
If Iran tries to close the Strait of Hormuz none of its oil is getting to China
