The undersea cables carry a large share of global data traffic between Europe, the Gulf, and Asia. Tehran proposes to impose a toll for submarine cables that provide internet communications. Iran also wants all management and maintenance handled exclusively by domestic companies.
You’re so short sighted to not see the advantage of re-writing the Obama Nuclear Deal.
For the low, low price of many billions of dollars, a few tens of American lives, global stability, our military readiness, half of our stand-off munitions, our NATO allies and loss of US influence in the entire world we will have acquired an open* Strait of Hormuz, a ceasefire**, some pretty decent Lego propaganda, the one-time free passage of 8 tankers of oil and a doubling of gas prices to support our struggling fossil fuel industry.
*for China only
**not counting air strikes, anti-ship missiles, mines or fast boat attacks.
You’re so short sighted to not see the advantage of re-writing the Obama Nuclear Deal.
For the low, low price of many billions of dollars, a few tens of American lives, global stability, our military readiness, half of our stand-off munitions, our NATO allies and loss of US influence in the entire world we will have acquired an open* Strait of Hormuz, a ceasefire**, some pretty decent Lego propaganda, the one-time free passage of 8 tankers of oil and a doubling of gas prices to support our struggling fossil fuel industry.
*for China only
**not counting air strikes, anti-ship missiles, mines or fast boat attacks.
The Lego propaganda is not a cost, it’s a boon. I’ve never had a meme folder before, now I do.
Praise be