French President Emmanuel Macron took a firm stance against Trump's proposals on Iran, including suggestions of using force to secure the waterway, an idea Macron has publicly dismissed as “unrealistic.”
Mines don’t need to be maintained actively, so it would make sense if Iran were about to lose its capacity to sink ships in the strait by other means. As the US said would happen a few weeks ago.
So US media said Iran would or did mine the strait. And sometimes people believe propaganda even if they know better than to trust it.
Right, that was the point I was making there. The only scenario where it would make sense for Iran to mine the strait would be if they couldn’t control it otherwise, and it’s pretty clear they’re in firm control right now.
Does this mean that Iran haven’t mined the straight? Or did the ship just get lucky?
I don’t think it’s ever been confirmed the strait was mined by Iran. We know China is allowed to pass through without a problem.
Why would Iran mine the strait?
Mines don’t need to be maintained actively, so it would make sense if Iran were about to lose its capacity to sink ships in the strait by other means. As the US said would happen a few weeks ago.
So US media said Iran would or did mine the strait. And sometimes people believe propaganda even if they know better than to trust it.
Right, that was the point I was making there. The only scenario where it would make sense for Iran to mine the strait would be if they couldn’t control it otherwise, and it’s pretty clear they’re in firm control right now.