There was a time when USA guaranteed the safe passage of shipping, which helped secure a peaceful world order, apparently. I view this as a continuation of that legacy, but admit I only have 1-2 books supporting this view.

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AntiUSAbah 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Soooo just to be clear here with your argument:

The USA was doing something to guarantee that stuff can flow through it, then they start a war, now they can no longer guarantee this?

Did they suddenly loose the power to protect this flow?

Just because USA is war mongering, doesn't mean no one else would have stepped up or that it wouldn't be better without all of this involvment.

	▲	jvanderbot 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Everything I said was true : Bretton woods exists, and my opinion flows from that. Feel free to disregard it or correct the facts, I think that'd be a good discussion. And yeah, USA might do dumb things that put them into a bind, but ultimately the peaceful flow of traffic through Hormuz is a goal worth pursuing for the world economic health.

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armada651 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How is closing the strait a continuation of a legacy of guaranteed safe passage?

	▲	jvanderbot 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I wasn't aware USA closed the stait

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ajross 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is some extraordinary up-is-down construction. Hormuz was open in February, and for decades preceding that. It's closed now. How is this situation the result of the "guarantee of safe passage of shipping", exactly?