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thatsfunnylolyesterday at 1:38 AM6 repliesview on HN

The Hormuz issue proves that the west never had an ability to economically sanction Iran, au contraire Iran can actually sanction us - and they are.

This is what real sanctions look like. The west broke the deal, attacked like terrorists, and are now being sanctioned.


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glidefarrowyesterday at 5:34 AM

Correction - Israel and the US broke the deal, and now the rest of us in the west are also being sanctioned

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bigbugbagyesterday at 10:47 AM

who do you call "the west", please leave us out of the nonsense from israel and the usa, we have nothing to do with this madness and refuse to be a part of it.

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veltasyesterday at 5:36 AM

"The West", don't lump us all in.

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diordiderotyesterday at 4:48 PM

> Iran can actually sanction us

Who's us?

> This is what real sanctions look like

You mean raising the price of oil and gas for the worlds largest producer of both oil and gas?

> attacked like terrorists

Attacked the country who took 'protection money' and used it to build up enough conventional munitions to make stopping their program prohibitively costly.

randomNumber7yesterday at 8:45 PM

The west could easily start to sink ships and stop global trade. It would likely be the start of WWIII.

angry_octetyesterday at 8:28 AM

That's not what a sanction is. Iran has been subjected to sanctions for a number of decades.

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