Trump tells Navy to shoot down Iranian gunboats

[That Guy]

Yeah we can hope so but then again, he did almost bring the U.S. to the brink of war earlier in the year.

I don't think the verdicts really out on this one chief.

Apparently, the Pentagon never received any such order to go out and destroy Iranian ships. They're saying that Trump is merely expressing current US policy of self defense against aggressive forces.

In other words, this was nothing more than a twitter outburst, meant for reelection purposes.

 

[OldTwilight]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1253395167622676482

General Hajizadeh, Commander of IRGC-ASF on the Ain-Al Asad strike: "I did not believe they [US] wouldn't respond. We had chosen 400 targets to strike in case the US attacked."

Same is going to be applied to current situation as well ...

don't knew , sink them outside Persian gulf , for the one in Persian gulf send them to dry dock for extended period of time . or perhaps just avoid war, like walking on a rope keeping a fragile balance not too push to hard and not to pull back too much

well , sinking air craft carrier in Persian Gulf is like shooting ourselves in the leg .

 

[BATMAN]

Actually its Iran who wants destabilize middle east by rising tension with US to increase oil price.

It's a mutual drama, both US and Iran work for each other's gains.
Iran will mine few oil tankers, or fly some missiles at some regional oil refinery and airport etc.

 

[OldTwilight]

Apparently, the Pentagon never received any such order to go out and destroy Iranian ships. They're saying that Trump is merely expressing current US policy of self defense against aggressive forces.

In other words, this was nothing more than a twitter outburst, meant for reelection purposes.

no one almost declare war to other for election . We don't care about your election .
As far as We see , You are the biggest producer of Oil and Your Arab allies combined military might ( on paper ) is in par with Western Europe , so simply you have no business here in our waters ...

 

[That Guy]

no one almost declare war to other for election . We don't care about your election .
As far as We see , You are the biggest producer of Oil and Your Arab allies combined military might ( on paper ) is in par with Western Europe , so simply you have no business here in our waters ...

Why are you saying "you"? I'm not american, nor do I care what either of your nations do.

 

[dbc]

Why are you saying "you"? I'm not american, nor do I care what either of your nations do.

you should care, Iranian/US miscalculation can jeopardize 60% -70% of global oil supply.
Direct hostilities will push oil into the 100$ region, an attack on oilfields in Saudi, Kuwait or UAE will cause another financial shock.

the Iranian regime is on the precise, I predict a misadventure is imminent.

 

[QWECXZ]

you should care, Iranian/US miscalculation can jeopardize 60% -70% of global oil supply.
Direct hostilities will push oil into the 100$ region, an attack on oilfields in Saudi, Kuwait or UAE will cause another financial shock.

the Iranian regime is on the precise, I predict a misadventure is imminent.

Actually, nope. Iran won't push for war when oil prices are this low. Our deterrence against the US and NATO is mostly based on disrupting the oil flow passing through the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden for a few weeks to stop the conflict before losing it. Right now all oil storage facilities are full and the world doesn't need that much oil in future months. This isn't the best time for us to get into war with a much more powerful enemy and her allies. Meanwhile, now that the US is desperately looking for higher oil prices to save her oil companies and Saudi Arabia, helping her achieve that is insanity.

I said it right after Iran launched a military satellite into orbit that the IRGC is trying to send a strong message that it has the know-how to develop IRBMs and ICBMs with the purpose of reestablishing deterrence to avoid a potential war. Or at least that's my interpretation of the timing of the incident.

 

[That Guy]

you should care, Iranian/US miscalculation can jeopardize 60% -70% of global oil supply.
Direct hostilities will push oil into the 100$ region, an attack on oilfields in Saudi, Kuwait or UAE will cause another financial shock.

the Iranian regime is on the precise, I predict a misadventure is imminent.

I don't doubt that oil will be disrupted if there is a war, but I don't think a war will occur. There is zero indication of that happening, at least not any time soon. The US isn't moving major assets to near iran in large enough numbers to indicate any sort of military operation. Iran isn't on high alert.

Besides, oil markets are already in chaos, I don't think they'll make much of a difference.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

I predict a misadventure is imminent.

 

[Blue In Green]

I think he's insinuating that something is about to go down, although I don't know whose part the 'misadventure' will be on.

 

[Philosopher]

the Iranian regime is on the precise, I predict a misadventure is imminent.

I think "misadventure" is a term best reserve used to describe the actions of the American regime that has invaded and destroyed many nations 1000's of miles aways from its own shores in the past few decades. A country that has made war its way of life should not attempt to speak about other nations in such a way.

 

[raptor22]

It's a mutual drama, both US and Iran work for each other's gains.
Iran will mine few oil tankers, or fly some missiles at some regional oil refinery and airport etc.

Please explain how Iran benefits from sanctions imposed by american in this mutual drama of yours?
The oil prices right now is due to low demand & high production which is hurting american & their dictatorial allies in the region the most thx to God our budget is no more depended on oil revenue ... Iran must be insane to disturb the drama on the contrary we should enjoy the stupidity of trump,mbs,bibi + kushner & their consecutive failures & miscalculations.
These ppl wanted to bring Iran oil exports to zero & now are facing same thing they wished for us.

 

[QWECXZ]

Please explain how Iran benefits from sanctions imposed by american in this mutual drama of yours?
The oil prices right now is due to low demand & high production which is hurting american & their dictatorial allies in the region the most thx to God our budget is no more depended on oil revenue ... Iran must be insane to disturb the drama on the contrary we should enjoy the stupidity of trump,mbs,bibi + kushner & their consecutive failures & miscalculations.
These ppl wanted to bring Iran oil exports to zero & now are facing same thing they wished for us.

Actually they are facing worse. At the worst case scenario, our oil exports dropped to 200,000 to 500,000 barrels per day at a price above 30 USD. But now their oil price has become negative and they are giving out millions of barrels of oil per day just to keep their oil fields running and they have to pay for selling oil to customers too. lol

 

[Stryker1982]

I don't know what you are talking about, WTI crude oil prices are $17 p/b today and Iranian sale prices (1-day delay) are attached.

 

[QWECXZ]

I don't know what you are talking about, WTI crude oil prices are $17 p/b today and Iranian sale prices (1-day delay) are attached.

Obviously I wasn't talking about today. Duh! I was talking the turn of events in the last 2 years. About a few days ago WTI prices became negative and went as far as -37$ per barrel. And Iran has sold its oil above 30 USD in average after Trump reimposed US sanctions on Iran's oil.