Hormuz

“Go get your own oil!” The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. How should other nations respond?

https://youtube.com/shorts/gQb_i0fIFoM?feature=share

Strait Jacket

 

 The Independent:

Third, securing shipping would require a significant number of naval ships. Realistically, you’d need one or two naval ships per escort operation. A convoy any larger than that would be at increased risk of attack, unless the US and Israel have dramatically reduced Iran’s ability to target the ships.

And fourth, the military needs to think about the risk to its assets versus the benefits of opening the strait. A US warship has a crew of more than 200 personnel. Given Iran’s ability to hit ships with uncrewed surface vessels, drones and cruise missiles, is it worth putting those personnel at risk before you’ve reduced the threats from Iran’s coastline?

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The US and Israel screwed up; the world’s economy is consequently suffering.

In particular, Trump highly sensitive to significant loses because of the devastating effect this would have on his domestic political support. More: Strait Jacket: Bringing Other Navies Into Hormuz 

https://youtu.be/fTEK_Ym-Ui4

It’s all gonna crash

It’s All Gonna Crash

https://youtu.be/E2IKJXAF5pI

Trump and the Democrats

 

 Trump is a danger to the world. Why isn’t the Democratic leadership doing more to organize protests?

#TrumpDanger

#DefendDemocracyNow

#WhereAreTheDems

#ActNowDemocrats

#DemLeadership

#StopAuthoritarianism

#DemocracyInPeril

Full video at YouTube: 

https://youtube.com/shorts/lXcd0JuWNlM?feature=share

Meat, final cut

 The bottomless pointlessness of war, and those who profit from it.

The Wargasm 2

youtu.be/VczVe_MdJnw

Meat -- final cut, December 18/17

https://youtu.be/HyTT77Qhbo4

Missile Launch as Painting

  

Missile Launch as Painting (an anti-war moviepoem)

https://youtu.be/qOGbGkM3m-A

War’s cost

 The average modern war costs over a trillion dollars. Are we damaging ourselves? #militaryspending

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