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Iran: To Strait or Not To Strait?


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2 hours ago, Starkiller said:

Iran had better watch out. The Taliban is pretty well armed thanks to us…


They’re rolling through with MRAPs, Howitzers, Humvees, Oshkosh flatbeds - nuts. 

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They are fighting over water, in case people care why it’s happening. The Taliban are building a dam on a river that feeds both countries. There’s an old treaty over water rights signed pre-Taliban but the Taliban doesn’t give a shit. 
 

The Water Wars are here, though you could argue the Syrian civil war was the 1st. 

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This is interesting. Signs of a changing security landscape in the Middle East.

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/persian-gulf-states-to-form-joint-navy-in-coordination-with-china/

 

Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Oman, in coordination with China, will form a joint navy to protect security in the Persian Gulf, Qatar’s Al-Jadidnews website announced. This past March, China, Russia, and Iran held joint naval drills in the Gulf of Oman, near the mouth of the Persian Gulf. Top Saudi and Iranian diplomats also met in China for the first time in over seven years in April, confirming the reopening of their embassies and consulates and resuming direct flights and visa facilitation for citizens. 
 

Ties between China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Oman are at odds with U.S. interests. The UAE recently halted participation in an American-led maritime security coalition in the Gulf region without formally notifying the U.S. That move followed Iran’s seizures of multiple oil tankers in the region and may have been driven by the sense that the U.S. is not adequately protecting Gulf allies from Iranian aggression. U.S. officials viewed the seizures as a violation of international law and a threat to regional security. Still, the Biden administration has failed to enforce sanctions on Iran as its oil sales rise. 

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