[ExI] I hate to say it but, I agree with Trump

[Ben Zaiboc]

On Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 19:13, spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

>> From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ExI] I hate to say it but, I agree with Trump
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>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>>>>>… the current POTUS came up thru the entertainment industry. He likes to troll his opponents.
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>>>>…Apparently the current POTUS likes to "troll" Iranians too…John K Clark
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>> - The long term result is that a known vulnerability, the Strait of Hormuz, is having oil pipelines built around it as fast as the neighboring countries can throw them under the ground. US and Canadian oil resources, once dormant, are being reactivated.
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>> - Iran has some of the richest oil fields in the world. They have an ambition to unify the entire Middle East, with Tehran in control of course, bringing their own religion and culture, which is incompatible with western values. So… pinch off that strait, make it economically attractive to build alternative means of oil export (underground pipelines) for the countries on the west side of the gulf, develop domestic oil resources, let Iran eat its own damn oil.
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>> spike
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>> Spike, Iran doesn't have to eat its own damn oil.
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>> Russia, China, North Korea, and many other non-western countries are willing and eager to eat it too, especially if it discomfits the US and the western liberal democracies (two different things, these days).
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>> Ben
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