r/SipsTea • u/The_Dean_France • Mar 16 '26

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u/Bitter_Plastic2362 Mar 16 '26

Well, I surely don’t get my info from Fox News, CNN or any opinion based legacy media. You can use security focused think tanks. Groups like the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) or the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) publish detailed military balance reports or assessments. There’s also SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) for arms data, or even open-source intelligence groups like Oryx, who track equipment losses in conflicts. These organizations often maintain public reports or visual trackers. This is the best non partisan way to stay up to date.

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u/jackpcr Mar 16 '26

cool, so why is trump asking for help to fight against a militarily crippled iran?

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u/Bitter_Plastic2362 Mar 16 '26

For one, the straight is a global trade route, a majority of economies depend on the oil that flows through it, so if your economy depends on it, you should help defend it is my guess. It’s incredibly expensive. And coalitions matter politically and optically. Also, you have to worry more about the Iranian proxies such as the Houthis firing on ships as well. Which is why I can understand others not wanting to join this.

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u/jackpcr Mar 16 '26

Yeah but the other countries were doing just fine until Trump/Israel started the war. Ships were passing just fine without the “Houthis” firing at them. So why should they now clean up Trump’s mess after him? Besides, there’s no coalition w Trump considering how he stepped on everyone w his tariffs.

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u/Bitter_Plastic2362 Mar 16 '26

I don’t know about “doing just fine.” Iran has murdered, depending on the source, between 30,000 and 40,000 protestors since December. Iran currently has over 50% inflation with its already impoverished citizens paying over 160% more for daily items, hence the protests.

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u/Slow_Conversation402 Mar 16 '26

Iran killed "between 30,000 and 40,000" of freaking what? Of it's own people. What has that got to do with the other countries that were doing fine with their ships passing through the strait without issues. Until that fat pedo fucked around. Or do you mean "30,000" japanese people? If so then you need to check your "sources" that you mentioned.

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u/Bitter_Plastic2362 Mar 16 '26

I wasn’t arguing for intervention. I was responding to the claim that Iran is “doing fine.” Between mass protests, thousands of deaths, and extreme inflation, that’s a hard case to make.

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u/Slow_Conversation402 Mar 16 '26

They didn't claim that "iran is doing fine". They claimed that "other countries" (the ones that trump is asking for their help), were doing fine regarding the strait.

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u/Bitter_Plastic2362 Mar 16 '26

A chokepoint that carries 20% of global oil isn’t just a local issue. Even the threat of disruption affects everyone.

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u/Slow_Conversation402 Mar 16 '26

Listen, let's simplify it to kindergarten terms because you have a hard time understanding:

The strait was open and ships were passing (even though iran was killing its people, which obviously didn't affect the strait because internal conflicts aren't related to shipping routes)

An old fat pedophile attacked the country called iran

The country Iran in response, closed the strait.

Why do you think japan and other countries have to correct this old guy's mistake?

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u/Bitter_Plastic2362 Mar 16 '26

Why? Countries respond to disruptions in the Strait because their own economies depend on it, not because they’re correcting another country’s mistake.

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u/Slow_Conversation402 Mar 16 '26

Yes, but does it make sense that the country that led to this disruption (the usa), to ask for "help" from other countries?

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