That is baiting the Us constituents with a fear factor.
It sounds like something a russian propaganda machine would publish.
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US and UK carry out airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
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It sounds like something a russian propaganda machine would publish.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Hmm, who could we blame for that? Biden!!!!!
The Republicans are in "blame Biden no matter what" mode.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
I lived through one of those times, in that case because of an oil embargo, and I saw what can and did happen. Maybe when you get older, you'll maybe realize how fragile the world's oil system really is.
Business rules the oil system and a simple misinformation could be used to increase gas pricing. But that straight is not that important to US nor oil futures.
i think today we are at about $75 a barrel which is about what is was when gas cost about $1 a gallon here in the US. That business is so corrupt that is should be decentralized from big corporations and the political manipulation.
I lived thru those same times, & we never saw
the kind of price inflation claimed. We actually
had a worse problem, ie, government limited
the price, thereby implementing shortages.
I'm afraid I can only provide a somewhat diplomatic/evasive reply to this.
The withdraw of Imperialists from the region would definitely lead to considerable hardship initially in the Imperialist countries, Israel as their outpost in the ME and as well as on the exploited on the periphery. It's not a task that anyone who's responsibility it was to lead the UK/US states would ever willingly undertake. That said, this hardship could also be used to justify almost any maintenance of the Imperialism system.
My political interests and advocacy is more concerned with opposing the Imperialist system (Lenin's analysis) rather than advocating for a given foreign policy the Imperialist powers would use to manage their domination of the third world.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
I pay attention to the experts, but I don't take just one opinion.
I understand. What I don't understand is a failure to oppose Iran's theocracy or its proxies, but that's a different issue. Parenthetically,
I suspect that the main victims of an U.S. isolationist policy vis-a-vis Red Sea shipping would be Egypt (and possibly Saudi Arabia and the UAE). I also suspect that one of the benefactors could well be Donald Trump and American neofascism. It's been years since I seriously studied Marx, Lenin, and Trotsky, but I don'y imagine any of them being indifferent to terrorist-free shipping lanes.
Laniakea
Not of this world
If they were failing, the pro-Hamas people wouldn't be so upset.
Laniakea
Not of this world
Whose free commerce is achieved by firing ballistic missiles and drones at cargo ships?
Laniakea
Not of this world
Hamas makes effective use of human shields, and lies (which some people seem all-too-eager to take at face value).
Laniakea
Not of this world
Hmm, who could we blame for that? Biden!!!!!
The Republicans are in "blame Biden no matter what" mode.
"The buck stops with me!" ----Joe Biden.
"It's Trump's fault!" ---Joe Biden.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Pro-Hamas?
I oppose political Islam outright - due to my values, political opinions and also because I could not visit countries like Iran without immediate threat to my safety.
That said, I do think that the way that the United States has acted towards Persia and neighbouring countries could be fairly classified as terrorism as the Iranian government has.
A formative experience in Lenin's personal development was the execution of his older brother due to his involvement with the Narodniks. I don't believe that he would have rallied behind the Russian governments attempts to stomp terrorism out. His writings on terrorism were to discourage adventurism and bolster the revolutionary cause, rather than applauding the Russian government's counter-terrorism.
As for your view that it would benefit Trump and his ilk, I don't understand your reasons for drawing that conclusion, but I have no opinions one way or the other.
Nobodies.
Whose free commerce was achieved by blockading Yemen's ports?
Laniakea
Not of this world
Pro-Hamas?
Yes, as in supporting them, accepting whatever they say as truth--regardless of what they've shown themselves to be.
Laniakea
Not of this world
And why was that done?
"The Saudi Arabian-led coalition blocked all sea, land and air borders of Yemen after Ansar Allah's missile attack on Riyadh on 6 November 2017"
Blockade of Yemen - Wikipedia
IOW, because of their Yemen's missile attacks. But they just don't seem to learn.
For what it's worth:
- I suspect that I disagree with your definition of "terrorism."
- There is an argument for preferring Iran v Persia.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
More nonsense. Trump is the one that blames everyone else. Biden only blame Trump for what he clearly did wrong.
Great. I am quite the same. News reports are not expert opinion but I get it. You want US to go to war with iran, right?
Call the big bibi nutlessyahoo and tell him that he must fight iran and the houthis, to make sure our (US) gas prices stay down.