| ▲ | voidfunc 20 hours ago |
| Do they? I just looked at a map and I see very little oil infrastructure on that side of Hormuz plus isn't Oman Iran aligned? |
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| ▲ | infecto 20 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| No expert but I always got the impression Oman was a neutral party. They help run the Hormuz with Iran but largely neutral in world politics. |
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| ▲ | coffeebeqn 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It also looks fairly easy to mine/blockade outside of their territorial waters. You don’t need that many drones to make the whole area unusable for marine transport. The strait is the clearest choke point but I don’t know how much bypassing it would help UAE |
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| ▲ | wodenokoto 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Fujairah, on the other side of Hormuz is the fourth largest bunkering hub in the world. That’s not “little oil infrastructure” |
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| ▲ | mywittyname 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| They do, it's only like 1-2 million barrels a day in capacity right now. |
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| ▲ | weard_beard 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Oman is the Switzerland of the Middle East. |
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| ▲ | mothballed 20 hours ago | parent [-] | | As democratic popular opinion turns against classical liberal economic principles, many theocratic or monarchist hell holes are increasingly becoming the unexpected underdog turned winners in economic freedom. It's been fascinating to watch. | | |
| ▲ | weard_beard 19 hours ago | parent [-] | | My understanding is that unique historical, cultural, and even geographical factors have led to this outcome for Oman. I would encourage you to read up on the history of the country to understand the nuance here and not paint with such a broad brush. | | |
| ▲ | mothballed 19 hours ago | parent [-] | | Everyone has a unique "..." and a nuance here and a nuance there. UAE has a unique yada yada and also ended up with a surprisingly remarkably free economic index despite being a theocratic monarchy. As did the monarchy Lichtenstein, British controlled Hong Kong, and the one-party state of Singapore (technically democratic, in practice it functions like a recallable monarchy). Also of note the three richest countries by GDP PPP per capita are Monaco (hybrid monarchy with monarchist veto powers), Lichtenstein (hybrid monarchy with monarchist veto powers), Singapore (single party state). | | |
| ▲ | throwaway2037 17 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > one-party state of Singapore (technically democratic, in practice it functions like a recallable monarchy).
This is untrue. It would be more accurate to say that the same party has been in power since independence from the UK. Each election in the last 30 years has slowly moved the needle -- fewer and fewer of seats held by the majority party (PAP). I guess there will be a non-PAP prime minister in the next 20 years. Sure, it doesn't look like other democracies, but please don't call it one-party. Also: See Japan. Many outsiders just don't understand democracy in Japan and try to impose their worldview on a different type of democratic system. | | |
| ▲ | mothballed 17 hours ago | parent [-] | | I'll yield that it isn't a pure one party state. There is some room for difference of opinion whether you want to characterize it as one or not. But let's not play the bullshit and borderline xenophobic, ad-hominem attack that it's just "outsiders" who "just don't understand." Or try and distinguish that it's people 'imposing their worldview' (something every human does no matter what they are arguing). But don't take my word for it. Read what Lee Kuan Yew had to say himself[0]: The PAP represents the broad middle ground in society and attracts the best and brightest people into Government, LKY said last night. He therefore did not see a two- or multi-party system emerging in Singapore soon.
Ah yes, good ol LKY, the outsider who just doesn't understand Singapore, and with such a non-Singaporean 'viewpoint' that he had quite popular support (even if you want to argue it is a minority, it was widespread enough as to be valid enough to be considered one valid and widespread Singaporean point of view). Calling it not a two or multi-party system, leaving quite obviously his assertion is that it's a one-party system.This and other points, documented by Yeo Lay Hwee (Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs) , who even if she flip flops between suggesting Singapore is a one-party state, lists quite a few reasons why it is a reasoned viewpoint from an understood observer [1]. [0] https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/s... [1] https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/01361007.pdf |
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| ▲ | pjc50 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I'm not sure what the conclusion is from this other than that the wealthy love having an autocratic tax haven microstate to park the money they earned from liberal democracies in. | | |
| ▲ | mothballed 19 hours ago | parent [-] | | This is true, but these countries aren't doing it for the benefit of foreigners, they're doing it for the benefit of themselves. |
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| ▲ | EduardoBautista 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | The UAE is not theocratic. Yes, Islam is the official religion but there is freedom of religion. |
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| ▲ | saberience 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| You should visit Fujairah ! Huge facilities there. |
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| ▲ | newsclues 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habshan%E2%80%93Fujairah_oil_p... |
