UK seizes Iranian oil tanker

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2019/07/05/tanker-syria-gibraltar-vpx.cnn

Interesting turn of events. Discuss.

I hope Iran scores many a bloody victory in the coming War of Western Aggression.

It seems like the west does want its war, and is ginning up reasons to take on Iran. It would be a foolish mistake on every level for them to do this, which is why I expect it to happen with BoJo taking over in the UK, and having Trump here in the U.S. Between the two of them we won't need climate change to fuck us over.

Maybe America needs to learn the same lesson about overreaching that Japan did, in the same fashion.

Iran was violating sanctions by illegally sending oil to the criminal regime in Syria. Further more they were stupid enough to stop at a UK port so they enforced the law. Suck it.

Whose sanctions? Whose law?

Here’s an idea: The Brits stopped the ship, so let’s let them worry about it.

You know it won't stay contained to Iranian/British relations. The U.S. and Britain are practically joined at the hip, and with Captain Dickwhistle taking power in Britain, I can only see that partnership getting stronger. Now, while I love it when people work together for a common goal, I don't like it when those people are stupid, and the common goal is warfare. Nothing occurs in a vacuum, and all of this is a dog and pony show to get public opinion to where a war with Iran seems like a necessity rather than a business venture.

You know the Iranians could simply give up their nuclear weapons program in its entirety and they wouldn't have any problems.

By that rationale, the only nation to actually use nuclear weapons could dismantle their program.

You do realize a war with Iran is bad for Canada as well, right?

Or they could stop attacking tankers.

Don't be stupid.

Yeah, we should probably build a wall to keep out all those irradiated American refugees.



Or maybe we'll pick up a few new provinces when the union crumbles. Who knows?

He's an imperialist to his core, a "might makes right" kind of fellow who would have no problem torturing anyone that he believed stood in the way of his own self-interest.

Why would I want to torture anyone simply for standing in the way of my own self I interest.

That is no reason to torture people.

If Iran had the capability of "irradiating" American citizens then a preemptive strike by the U.S. would be more than justified and I think most American citizens would in fact demand it.

Or they could stop attacking tankers.

if the US gets irradiated, guess who else does, Canada. His Trump derangement syndrome is acting up today, he’s not thinking this through.

Actually, the prevailing winds would send radiation east toward Europe and, depending upon the size of the blast, it might even blow back on Iran itself.

Slaughtering them wholesale is much more efficient, huh?

Either way, entertaining this idea is absurd.

Of course it is. Which is why it's the UK's problem and shouldn't be ours. As long as Der Drumpfenfuhrer doesn't blunder in, both sides will strut and posture and then go on their way. SSDD.

Isn’t Canada a net exporter of oil and petrochems so higher prices would be good?

You mean like North Korea did?

You really think “death to America’ means only America? “Death to America, but not Canada because they said sorry!”

You seem to assume Iranians are as bad at geography as Americans.

You seem to assume your shit don’t stink.

I hear you brother! I'm having a bake sale tomorrow with 100 percent of the profits going towards their cause!

Good job Amaris! You were the first one to drag Trump into this.

Because the United States is trying to drum up support for a war against Iran. Boris Johnson is just Trump with better hair, and that's not saying much.