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rebewranger

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Gunboat diplomacy: Iran ramps up aggression in Strait of Hormuz
Opinion by Struan Stevenson - Yesterday 8:22 AM
 

June 27 (UPI) -- Gunboat diplomacy is defined in terms of international politics as the pursuit of foreign policy objectives by displaying signs of aggressive naval power, implying the threat of warfare if agreeable terms are not met.
 
A photo made available by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shows Iranian military fires a missile targeting a mock-up of U.S. aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz in 2020. File Photo courtesy of Sepah News/EPA-EFE
Gunboat diplomacy was a tactic famously utilized by some of the imperialist powers during the 19th century. It is a somewhat outdated concept, although that doesn't seem to have deterred the Iranian regime. Last week, ships from the U.S. Fifth Fleet were sailing through international waters in the Strait of Hormuz when they were threatened by high-speed, head-on assaults by three naval vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
 
The U.S. coastal patrol ship USS Sirocco had to fire a warning flare when the IRGC vessels, acting in a hostile manner, came within 50 yards of their ship. The threatening and dangerous behavior lasted for more than an hour before the IRGC boats departed.

The Strait of Hormuz lies between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, providing the only sea passage to the Indian Ocean for crude oil from many of the world's largest producers. An average of 21 million barrels a day flows through the strait, which is over 20% of global consumption. Around one-third of the world's sea-borne petroleum and nearly all the liquefied gas from Qatar, the leading global gas exporter, passes through this constricted chokepoint only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point.

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Re: Gunboat diplomacy: Iran ramps up aggression in Strait of Hormuz
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2022, 10:24:58 am »
You don't suppose Iran is coordinating with Russia, China, and N. Korea to make Biden's life miserabler, do you? :yowsa:
« Last Edit: June 28, 2022, 10:26:16 am by rangerrebew »

Offline PeteS in CA

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Re: Gunboat diplomacy: Iran ramps up aggression in Strait of Hormuz
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2022, 04:50:48 pm »
Iran knows LIEden will do the



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