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Len Deighton author. 97. created the Harry Palmer character. Good innings that.

Zackly. 

I don't know how much oil the UK buys from Iran. I suspect not much, so there's no legitimate reason for fuel prices to escalate.

The cost of products that do rely on Iranian oil will rise eventually, but to mark up everything already produced is little more than greed and scaremongering.

It should be a wake up call as the the true price of all the cheap Chinesium shite we adore so much, but everyone is fixated on that five letter magic word "Trump".

If it had been Obama that did everything that Trump is doing, it would be the best thing since sliced bread and Penicillin 

WE have directly allowed ourselves to be in this position and it's time to pay the piper. Voted accordingly.

Iran, Saudi, Oman, UAE, and every other gulf state cannot get any oil out through the strait. Those oil producers that don't need to use the strait are selling to the highest bidder. That's why the price of oil has gone up.
Simple, really.

I would imagine that they're cheap enough and easy enough to get hold of to justify the purchase cost now

Nothing to lose from trying 

Well disconnecting the battery didn't help. Light is still on.

I think I need a Tech-2

I don't know how much oil the UK buys from Iran. I suspect not much, so there's no legitimate reason for fuel prices to escalate.

The cost of products that do rely on Iranian oil will rise eventually, but to mark up everything already produced is little more than greed and scaremongering.

It should be a wake up call as the the true price of all the cheap Chinesium shite we adore so much, but everyone is fixated on that five letter magic word "Trump".

If it had been Obama that did everything that Trump is doing, it would be the best thing since sliced bread and Penicillin 

WE have directly allowed ourselves to be in this position and it's time to pay the piper. Voted accordingly.

I believe that most of us on the forum are well read and informed and able to see through the media reports - whatever the channel . The Khartoum island initiative is a good example.

The EU have declared no appetite for actively policing the straits. Until the EU is federalised it doesn’t really have a voice on the world stage.

That leaves individual countries to decide. I don’t think it is a leftist agenda not to get involved , more a lack of understanding the end game or even the plan. The USA has a good track record of starting wars but not being able to finish them.  Surely this time there was a plan that didn’t involve dragging everyone else into what would easily, openly , become WW3.

Thought I'd give the Trooper an oil change. Towing the Z to a track day tomorrow.

Didn't bother to check how full my waste oil catcher was.

Now the drive looks like the Exxon Valdez disaster. Might need to replenish the kitty litter supply after this.

Get your head out of the corner of the box, there's a much bigger picture at play. Focusing on Trump 'because he's XYZ' totally blinds people from what's actually happening. The media are doing nothing but directing the narrative they way they want you to see it.

For example, the strategic attack of Kharg Island... Portrayed as a flop because all the oil infrastructure was left intact. In reality an extremely well executed surgical operation. Why destroy all the oil infrastructure if you then have to spend years reinstalling it?

Not getting involved in Hormuz would be a deliberate leftist action designed to control the narrative of fear in order to drive the cost of fuel through the roof to satisfy the WEF and their green agenda.


The Nefarious few hoped that cancelling the insurance would put a stop to the movement of the oil  Sitting on their thumbs is their only play left unless China actively gets involved. At this point Europe would have to make a choice, and then their true colours will show.

And when that happens we had better start learning Mandarin

We're at the point where we can curtail the quiet Chinese march for global dominance that hides behind the rise of Islamist chaos.

The Russians understand what's going on and have bought their way back into the dollar. And if anyone knows a thing or two about survival, it's the Russians.

Should Europe be answering Trump’s rallying call and sending ships to help keep Straits of Hormuz open?

Is this a ploy to permanently disrupt Middle East oil sales so that America can fill the shortfall by pumping more and extracting oil from Venezuela? Where will China get its oil from? Maybe America?

Is there actually a plan beyond next week?

What are the 5000 troops on their way to the Middle East going to do? Secure Kharg island?