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* SENIOR IRANIAN SOURCE TO REUTERS: IF THE SITUATION GETS OUT OF CONTROL, IRAN'S ALLIES WILL ALSO CLOSE BAB EL-MANDEB WATERWAY
* SENIOR IRANIAN SOURCE TO REUTERS: IF THE SITUATION GETS OUT OF CONTROL, IRAN'S ALLIES WILL ALSO CLOSE BAB EL-MANDEB WATERWAY
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-04-07T13:17:24.238Z
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* SENIOR IRANIAN SOURCE TO REUTERS: IF THE SITUATION GETS OUT OF CONTROL, IRAN'S ALLIES WILL ALSO CLOSE BAB EL-MANDEB.. (Original Post)
demmiblue
22 hrs ago
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IbogaProject
(5,934 posts)1. 'Gate of Grief/Tears',
Javaman
(65,791 posts)2. Yup, I said to my wife this past weekend...
if the orange pedo follows through with this fucked up bombing, expect the price of everything, not just oil and gas to skyrocket, because the Huthies will close the strait in the Red Sea.
Also, we need to watch North Korea's reaction.
BeyondGeography
(41,131 posts)3. But our omniscient ruler said they were out of cards
DFW
(60,238 posts)4. Two rogue regimes, hated by a not-decisive-enough majority of their countries
But both of them command enough clout to order their armed forces to do some damage with global repercussions, and neither of them will go quietly.
We may be forced to surrender the sapiens part of our Latin designation.