The geopolitical landscape has transitioned from localized strikes into a systemic global emergency. Following the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei, the conflict has entered a "decapitation" phase characterized by U.S. demands for unconditional surrender, met by Iran’s aggressive "asymmetric" retaliation. This has manifested in drone strikes on critical infrastructure, such as desalination plants in Bahrain, validating the region's acute water and energy vulnerabilities. Simultaneously, the Strait of Hormuz is now effectively paralyzed; although no physical blockade is in place, the withdrawal of war-risk insurance has halted 70% of commercial traffic. This "energy heart attack" has pushed Brent Crude toward $93 per barrel, forcing major importers like China and India into a desperate pivot toward Russian energy to avert industrial stagnation.In Europe, a profound diplomatic schism has emerged centered on Spain. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s refusal to allow U.S. military bases to support the offensive has triggered an unprecedented trade war threat from the Trump administration. While France has signaled European solidarity by deploying its own naval assets to the Mediterranean, the silence from other EU capitals highlights a deepening rift in Western unity. For some EU countries, such as Ireland, the impact is a direct "passive squeeze." Home heating oil prices have nearly doubled in a week, with 500 liters of kerosene now exceeding €850.
this was a cute little snippet i had saved from earlier today
>>530188040US lifted sanctions on Russian oil so now overnight there is a supply of ~290m barrels just sitting on tankers waiting to be offloaded that finally can be sold. That has flooded supply briefly so oil prices shouldn't spike too much if Trump escorts boats using navy and offers insurance which he said he will do now that the iranian chimpout is winding down
>>530188088kek, it's true, insurance companies said no and that's it.Imagine the surprise of the Iranian guys in charge of doing that militarily.
>>530190529>US lifted sanctions on Russian oilit's not done yet, they are just "considering it"
>>530190529Oh sorry they allowed oil in transit to be sold.But if it is in transit it's already sold ?“Yesterday, Treasury agreed to let our allies in India start buying Russian oil that was already on the water,” Bessent said. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5772316-oil-prices-russia-india-iran-bessent/
>>530188040Taiwan gets like 90% of its oil from the ME.If this war drags on they wont have any fuel to power their planes and vehicles.
>>530191290Bangladesh starts to ration fuel purchaseshttps://www.reuters.com/business/energy/bangladesh-rations-fuel-middle-east-conflict-spur-panic-buying-2026-03-06/I think there was another asian country yesterday or the day before that did that too
>>530190529 The Iranians aren't winding down. They're hitting things more regularly, because all of the early detection is gone because they destroyed all the radars with their drones. You dumb Canuck still believing kike media damage control lies lmao. They arent firing less missiles and drones, the US can't detect them anymore because of the Thaads were destroyed, and most of them are getting through and hitting their targets. You must have your head in the sand to not know how many things we're hit today by the Iranians. They're literally retaliating and hitting desalinization plants, and oil field's in the Gulf right now, and things are escalating.
>>530188040Why won't arabic countries use the Red Sea?Don't they have some pipe systems, just in case?
>>530191290Oh yes I recall it, Philippines went for a 4 days labor week. Singapore fuel suppliers are rationing purchases or supply I don't understand but there's something there too.Thailand has some supply problems but maybe because of panic buying.>Fertiliser production that requires natural gas is disrupted in countries like India and PakistanThis is big too if the situation lasts.https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/queues-price-hikes-and-shortages-as-asia-battles-fuel-crunch
>>530191263Not entirely sure but if it's like reg ocean cargo it all goes through escrow and only paid when delivered. The major point is Russians basically have a green light to sell all the oil they want and even Yurocucks or UK may return to buying it as no choiceFrance and Spain now get oil directly from Trump via Venezuela something like 800k Venezuelan barrels a day going to Repisol refineries now
>>530191290Malaysia is rationing fuelhttps://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/03/05/fuel-rationing-for-private-vehiclesWe may have no news about Taiwan because the problem would be so strategic and dire it will be kept silent.>>530191673>even Yurocucks or UK may return to buying it as no choiceAs far as I understand the US allowed only India to do that.Plus the EU will NEVER lift russian oil and gas ban. We'll all be dead here before it happens. They are fanatics.France gets its oil from Canada, USA and Norway, it's eastern europe who got some, like 10-15% from middle east. It's the industrial part of Europe now.The USA are weakening, if not killing if it lasts, all their competitors
>>530191880Bessent the treasury guy said all sanctioned oil already on the water was allowed to be sold to anybody including the Iran boats currently stuck at ports worldwide with no way to offload though the US simply seizes the escrow for the Iranian stock like they already did all the global Venezuelan tankers. There's no choice they have 21m barrels per day being trapped in the middle east this week
>>530191453>things are escalatingGood
>>530191453>The Iranians aren't winding down
>>530192168>There's no choice they have 21m barrels per day being trapped in the middle east this weekNow that you mention it, how much oil can they stock ? that's important, you can't shut down wells, you have to put it somewhere, how many days before they have to burn it...
>>530191513Why don’t you just ZipLine your way to work? Dont you have a ZipLine straight to your place of employment like just in case ?
>>530192250>Radars used to track missiles>Radars destroyed>”Sir! The enemy is firing less missiles at us!”>Attempt to correlate # of launches to # of impacts>number of impacts should be same, if not lower than detected launches>media blackout triggered, 7 year jail time for recording impacts>IRAN LOST
>>530192250They aren't you dumb jap maybe stop believing kike media. Have you not seen all the posts about all the THAADS that have been destroyed? Or do you avoid those because they don't fit your kike fed narrative? Iran has destroyed all of the early detection with their drones. They can't see what's coming at them. Anymore, that's why they're reporting less stupid fuck. There's multiple threads about this all over the board. All day, you must be willfuly avoiding them.
>>530192444>ZipLineNo, but then again I am not a filthy rich oil exporting state.
>>530191513I have asked chatGPT and it says it is very costly to build those pipelines. There are some but the capacity is not enough.I would also bet Iran could easily bomb the shit out of pipelines and they are long unprotectable sitting ducks.
>>530191673>Russians basically have a green light to sell all the oil they want>Putin_smiling.jpgDo nothing. Win
>>530192250Iran is hitting more things with fewer missiles because America AA has been degraded.
There are a lot of cargo ships and other types moving along the coast of Iran, mostly going north. I don't remember this trafic being there yesterday ?
>>530188040shit
