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11. "so, we know that they have not mined the straits." - no we don't, you ring-ring ring-a-ding-dong

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 06:50 PM

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“There are, in fact, tankers coming through now, Iranian tankers, I believe some Chinese-flagged tankers have come through, so, we know that they have not mined the straits.”

They could be mining the strait but leaving clear some channel that their pilots (the navigators who get on board ships to help the crews to navigate difficult waters) know about. Do you really think the Iranians cut off their own access to the sea beyond the Hormuz strait and bottled themselves up in the Persian Gulf? Only a ring-ring ring-a-ding-dong would do that.

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