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

[John Clark]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*> We have known for decades that there are threats from Iran which are
> long term. *
>

*Everybody has known for many decades that the Strait of Hormuz is a
potential choke point for the world's economy, but King Donald has managed
to turn a theoretical danger into an actuality. Even during the 8
year Iran-Iraq War, although  Iran threatened many times to close the
Strait, except for a few trivial skirmishes, it never seriously tried to do
so because it feared what the US would do. But this time things were
different, this time the US was already attacking Iran with everything it
had (except for nuclear weapons) but it turned out that attack was not as
bad as Iran expected it to be. So it no longer had anything to lose, so it
closed the Strait, so now the entire world knows that the US military is
not as awesomely strong as it once seemed to be. And by a very large margin
the Strait of Hormuz is now experiencing the longest and most complete
disruption in its history.  *

*> We have known that eventually these pipelines will need to be built,*


*It will take many billions of dollars and years if not decades to build
new pipelines, and at most existing pipelines can handle about 4.7 million
barrels per day of oil. Before Donald's brain dead war 20 million barrels
of oil went through the Strait of Hormuz every day.*

*The situation is even worse when it comes to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG),
before Donalds war 12 billion cubic meters of LNG went through Hormuz each
year, 20% of the world's entire LNG trade, today that figure is virtually
zero. And there isn't a LNG pipeline in the area nor as far as I know
any plans to build one.*

*And pipelines do not solve the problem of cheap but dangerous and very
numerous Iranian drones because it's just not feasible to defend every
single mile of a pipeline that is many hundreds of miles long. We know this
for a fact because it has already happened. *


*Iran struck Saudi Arabia oil pipeline
<https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/saudi-arabias-east-west-oil-pipeline-hit-iranian-attack-damage-being-assessed-2026-04-08/?utm_source=chatgpt.com>*

*And Spike, we both know that if President Biden had gotten us into a
ridiculous situation like this, a war with no clear-cut goals and no end in
sight, you'd be screaming to high heaven about it; but because King
Donald was the one who made the blunder your tribal loyalty kicks over into
high gear and you feel obliged to defend the man no matter what. *

*John K Clark*
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