Iran warns if their energy sites are hit, they will "irreversibly destroy" US linked sites across the middle-east

[Swede]

The Strait of Hormuz will be irrelevant if there is no oil or LNG to ship. What a mess Trump has stumbled into.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce35wke27ynt

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce35wke27ynt?post=asset%3A2d23e17d-b07b-427f-8e0b-642d5576eb8e#post

[OC375]

1. Iran, you're being played

No love for Iran, but please don’t do his job for him.

[Swede]

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

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[OC375]

7. No need to be rude

I think Trump wants disruption. That’s all. It’s an opinion. Relax. I’m not an enemy.

[Swede]

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

[dalton99a]

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

[dutch777]

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

...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.

[newdeal2]

5. I'm not sure if stumble is the right word

He is willingly going down this path instead of taking an exit. He thinks it’s a game and threatens, cracks jokes, or makes contradictory statements. It’s a mess he created and deserves all the blame for.

[Resistance1]

6. Agreed!

In his mind, the idea of de-escalation is equivalent to weakness. He doesn't care if everything gets destroyed or how many innocent lives are lost. He has to portray this fake superhero image that his cult has built him up to be and as long as it's not his money or his life at risk, it's full speed ahead.

[Igel]

9. Overlooked link, me thinks.

https://thebulletin.org/2025/07/iran-can-still-build-nuclear-weapons-without-further-enrichment-only-diplomacy-will-stop-it/

Don't know about 'intent', but deception in war or "struggle" isn't exactly a novel idea.