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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by greycol on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:36PM (#47684825)
The US 'forced' them to do this by agreeing in principal that Iran could charge that toll (along with 9 other points).

The question isn't whether the US can destroy Iran, it obviously could(as evil as that would be). The question is does the US want to pay the price of continuing the war more than the price of agreeing to those points, and would Iran pay the price required to fight back if it does not get the US to capitulate on those points.

I can tell you what will happen to any boat that doesn't pay the extortion (toll) and enters the straight. So realistically it doesn't matter if it's in breach of maritime norms, who's going to restart attacks on Iran to enforce those norms if the US capitulated on it?

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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by 15155 on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @02:27AM (#47686139)
> I can tell you what will happen to any boat that doesn't pay the extortion (toll) and enters the straight. (sic)

Whatever "might" happen won't be happening for very long when the entire country at large is in the stone age.

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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by herewulf on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @05:06AM (#47687406)
The Iranian regime doesn't care what "age" their people are living in and have been stockpiling weapons for enough decades to follow through on their threats.

And every time I read "we have destroyed 3000% of Iran's weapons capability", I read about more missiles and drones flying.

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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by 15155 on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @10:01AM (#47690366)
Weapons aren't magic, and there exists no rule that says "destroy them all or you lose."

Eventually they will have none or few left, and without power or running water, they won't be able to feed their people, much less manufacture more.

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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by toyg on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @02:37AM (#47686206)
It should be remembered these points have not been agreed - they are the basis for the Iranian negotiation over the next two weeks. There is no guarantee that the US will not simply reject it and start bombing again - in fact, considering the model for Trump's strategies (comrade Vladimir Putin and his "special military operation" in Ukraine), that's probably what they'll do.
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