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dutch777

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4. Hitting US military probably has less value for Iran than hitting competing oil and gas facilities. Hitting other...

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 08:56 AM

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...things like desalinization plants or power plants will hurt the neighbors aligned with the US but won't move the economic needle/price of oil which helps Iran if they keep any production going and ship it out.

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Iran warns if their energy sites are hit, they will "irreversibly destroy" US linked sites across the middle-east [View all] Swede Yesterday OP

Iran, you're being played OC375 Yesterday #1

You mean $300 bbl oil? Yeah that'll help Trump. Swede Yesterday #3

No need to be rude OC375 Yesterday #7

You're right, sorry. Just caught up in the maelstrom. Swede Yesterday #8

They can destroy a desalination plant and make a city inhabitable. dalton99a Yesterday #2

Hitting US military probably has less value for Iran than hitting competing oil and gas facilities. Hitting other... dutch777 Yesterday #4

I'm not sure if stumble is the right word newdeal2 Yesterday #5

Agreed! Resistance1 Yesterday #6

Overlooked link, me thinks. Igel Yesterday #9