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gab13by13

(32,102 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:25 PM 9 hrs ago

Make A Deal With Iran & It Will Lead You Through Hormuz

Last Sunday the first non-Iranian ship went through Hormuz. A Pakistani cargo ship, the Lorax, went through with its AIS (automatic identification system turned on) Iran guided it through Hormuz. It exited via a weird route which may indicate that Hormuz is mined.

Since then a ship from India has been given safe passage. Make a deal with Iran and you get through.

Iraq is negotiating with Iran to get its ships through.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-countries-are-cutting-deals-with-iran-to-move-oil-through-hormuz/ar-AA1YP91J?

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Make A Deal With Iran & It Will Lead You Through Hormuz (Original Post) gab13by13 9 hrs ago OP
I read somewhere that China also is getting through. nt intrepidity 9 hrs ago #1
Iran is shipping more oil to China today gab13by13 8 hrs ago #5
Progress OC375 8 hrs ago #2
Way to get rid of all our allies, DJT... haele 8 hrs ago #3
We need to stop the drones, missiles, and mines at the source. gulliver 8 hrs ago #4
Doesn't Iran want to remove Israel from the face of the earth? gab13by13 8 hrs ago #6
One way or the other, radical Islamist regime fingers on buttons that threaten the U.S... gulliver 8 hrs ago #7
Didn't we have an agreement with Iran, gab13by13 7 hrs ago #8
Back in the unreachable past gulliver 6 hrs ago #9

gab13by13

(32,102 posts)
5. Iran is shipping more oil to China today
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 01:18 PM
8 hrs ago

than before the war started. I see that Krasnov canceled his meeting with Xi.

OC375

(837 posts)
2. Progress
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 01:01 PM
8 hrs ago

But of course, if a US Naval vessel or country with no deal takes a major hit, Hormuz is probably closed again for everyone, regardless of deals.

haele

(15,354 posts)
3. Way to get rid of all our allies, DJT...
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 01:10 PM
8 hrs ago

Vladdy and Benny played you real good.

Benny needs a strong but dumb vicious dog to help him expand his territory against his neighbors (and keep him rich and out of jail), and Vladdy Daddy wanted to ruin the US in revenge for the breakup of the Soviet Union and keep the "West" off balance so he could keep his crime network going.

It's going to take generations to recover from this, because Jesus ain't coming to save the petulant mediocre haters that took DJT in as their saviour against people that were different and made them uncomfortable.

gulliver

(13,940 posts)
4. We need to stop the drones, missiles, and mines at the source.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 01:17 PM
8 hrs ago

The Iranian Islamic Republic government humans are the source. They're the root of the problem. I'm not sure any deal is possible.

Zelensky posted on X that drones could eventually be intercontinental. To me, Iran's radical Islamist, terrorist government showed their hand. We can't have them in power at all, imo. They have to go. If you can't stop drones, you have to eliminate the people who build them and push their launch buttons. Post-launch defense is getting too iffy in our wonderful times.

gab13by13

(32,102 posts)
6. Doesn't Iran want to remove Israel from the face of the earth?
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 01:23 PM
8 hrs ago

Doesn't Israel want to remove Iran from the face of the earth.

Where is the starting point for negotiations?

This war is between Israel and Iran, Krasnov is in it for the money.

gulliver

(13,940 posts)
7. One way or the other, radical Islamist regime fingers on buttons that threaten the U.S...
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 01:40 PM
8 hrs ago

...need to go. I firmly believe that if Iran had intercontinental drones or missiles right now, they would be targeting the United States. They are a theocratic, patriarchal, homophobic, arch-conservative, cruel bunch of dirt bags. No question. They want power, and they can't be allowed to have it in any way, nor can anyone who thinks like them. I wish it weren't so, but it is. The world's technology makes it that way.

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