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Speaking at the G7 summit in France on Wednesday, Trump warned that without the deal with Iran, the world would have faced “bedlam” as oil reserves were set to run out in approximately four weeks.

“We run out of reserves at about four weeks,” he told reporters. “You know, there are reserves all over the world, and we would really run out, and there’ll be a time when you wouldn’t be able to get it.”

The US president acknowledged that continued military strikes would have kept the strait closed.

Trump’s admission underscores the effectiveness of Iran’s strategy in placing restrictions on the strategic waterway, through which approximately one-fifth of the world’s oil consumption normally passes.

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
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    7 days ago

    interesting point. i feel like we’re at a point of such thorough spectacularization of society that the primary purpose of war for capital is now spectacle, rather than any concrete strategic objective. or in other words, the purpose of the war is that we have an enemy to wage war against, that we have a story to tell ourselves.

    Tragicomically, the biggest spectacle is themselves.

    As for the rest of your post, heaven forbid!