First Saudi oil tanker hit by Houthi missile near Yemen, engulfed in flames. Bab el-Mandeb Strait is now being effectively closed too, just like i predicted. Oil barrel price just jumped up to $88 and goes up xD>I established a long position in leveraged WTI crude futures effective July 10th, with a stop-loss order placed marginally below the $70 handle. Meanwhile the most talented speculator of Bolanda went short again under completely idiotic assumption that the Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb Straits would be safe anyday now, and even if 1/3 of the worlds oil transport gets fucked. USrael cannot compensate because the volume of oil transiting these chokepoints - nearly 30 million barrels per day - vastly exceeds global spare pipeline capacity (only 2.6 million barrels per day) and US domestic surplus production, leaving no physical or logistical way to bypass the blockades. Venezuela produces only about 1 million barrels per day. Years of underinvestment and sanctions leave its energy infrastructure completely degraded, preventing any rapid surge in output. Combining its limited capacity with US production cannot bridge a massive 30-million-barrel daily global deficit. While the US is a net exporter of total petroleum products, it remains a net importer of crude oil. Domestic refineries require heavier imported grades to run efficiently, meaning the US still imports millions of barrels daily leaving it fully exposed to global supply shocks.https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/538928463/
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>>5394514974 tankers loaded with Saudi oil were forced to turn back yesterday as a result of the Houthi blockade on Saudi ports. Yesterday, the Houthis announced on VHF radio the blockade would apply to all ships entering or exiting Saudi ports. This tanker that just got blown up basically didnt obey Houthi orders xD
Most exports from Yanbu [Saudi Arabia] are loaded onto very large crude carriers (VLCCs), but fully laden VLCCs cannot pass through the Suez Canal because they sit too deep in the water. Operators instead would either have to transfer part of the cargo before reaching the canal using Egypts SUMED pipeline or switch to smaller Suezmax tankers that can transit the canal more easily. Both options would add time and costs, though.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/can-the-suez-save-asian-oil-consumers-after-houthis-shut-bab-al-mandebIran possesses the technical capability to destroy the SUMED pipeline, so it shouldnt be a problem if situation escalates further xD
Same tanker. Both cargo and ship fully destroyed
>>539453384Same tanker shortly after the missile hit before it burned down completely
From Houthi military spokesperson: "We affirm to the Saudi enemy that any folly or aggression targeting our country will be met with large-scale operations deep within its territory, and the consequences will be dire for it"https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/sbs-news-in-easy-english-23-july-2026/463z0wrxaHouthi leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi warned that all Saudi oil installations are legitimate targets for missiles and drones if Saudi Arabia engages in large-scale aggression against Yemenhttps://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1541558/les-houthis-menacent-de-sen-prendre-aux-installations-petrolieres-saoudiennes.html
Ansarallah claimed it struck 2 Saudi oil tankers ENCELIA and LAYLA with missiles and drones overnight. More than 10 Saudi oil tankers have turned back since its Red Sea naval blockade began. Saudi Arabia is now under a naval blockade by Ansarallah.
Somebody call Zelensky he is an expert at inserting his problems into foreign affairs
>>539454604UPAdlina was the first country that opened a hunting season on oil tankers. Looks like this fashionable trend is slowly embracing entire world now xD
>>539454737i wonder how long it will be until America chimps out at the Ukrainian con man that keeps blowing up all of their oil shipments from Kazakhstan My bet is they issue more sanction waivers for oil at sea :^)
>>539454846>i wonder how long it will be until America chimps out at the Ukrainian con man that keeps blowing up all of their oil shipments from KazakhstanI made a thread about this yesterday xDhttps://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/539404163/
>>539454902>CPC suspends transitlmao no surprises that an actual thread with relevant information was ignored. Too big brain and requires thinking.
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>just like i predictedthat was obvious from the beginning when Iran did with Hormussy.
>>539456373Closing Bab el-Mandeb Strait paralyzing Suez wasnt so obvious, it demanded Houthis entering the war. It happened few days ago, i put a bet on this scenario already before 10th July
>>539454846> that keeps blowing up all of their oil shipments from KazakhstanKazakhstanis saying that this is not happening, they trying to play Swizz neutrality.
>>539456428>Closing Bab el-Mandeb StraitBTW, the strait is the southern gateway to the Red Sea, and without safe passage through it, the Suez Canal becomes a dead end for most long-haul shipping between Asia and Europe.
>>539456545That depends on the Houthis.Their original gripe is with the ibnSauds not the general Persian-Israel war.They should have been choking Yanbu for the last decade, theyve only waited until now because it would have meant increased US focus on them. Now the US is trying to focus on the whole ME anyway so its not an increased risk and they are spread thinner facing mainly against Iran.So they might let passing vessels by and only choke off Saudi oil.It'll take a few shipping tests to find out...
>>539458241So far they put a blockade only on Saudi ports, and cut off additional 6 million barrels of oil from the market. They didnt close the strait for everybody, only for Saudis so far.
Gulf Arabs are learning the hard way that the US supremacy is forever gone, and the US of A is no longer capable to guarantee security to their region. The longer they fail to skip to rational conclusions (such as kicking out Americans from their territories), the more they will suffer. Their petrodollar-based artificial wealth-paradises will be completely destroyed
Based Warsaw Oblast poster
Chinese tankers were just granted a passage from Iran/Houthis. They can pass the strait.https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1157956/Chinese-VLCC-granted-Houthi-passage-as-militia-tightens-Saudi-blockade
>>539451339KILL ALL SAUDS
>>539459227meanwhile 10 minutes from now "Oh god no please stop fucking me"
>>539463372China and Pakistan will be given a pass by Houthis to transport Saudi oil to their refineries but the US and all its allies will be fully cut off from it, imo
>>539463969Although Pakistan already began to search for alternative supplies from Nigeria, Central Asia etchttps://www.energyupdate.com.pk/2026/07/22/pakistan-explores-alternative-crude-oil-sources-amid-hormuz-disruption-fears/
>>539451339Well thats end of houthis then. I can see why irgc deflected to them after usa destroyed so much infrastructure.
In related newsThe CIA is now bitching that its getting precision targeted by IranNot a lot of detail but it can be assumed that this is in the Iraq kurd region and possibly Kuwait border regionThey are blaming the ruskies and chinese
>>539464200Pfff xD Saudi Arabias decade-long campaign was a catastrophic failure. Despite spending tens of billions on US F-15s, M1A2 tanks, and Patriot systems, the Houthis destroyed or captured advanced hardware. In 2019, just 10 drones crippled half of Saudi oil output, exposing the $500 billion air defense as virtually useless - largely due to US-imposed remote kill-switches and poor reliability.The US campaign fared no better. Massive carrier strikes and over $1 billion in munitions failed to stop Houthi Red Sea attacks. In a stunning pivot, Washington unilaterally struck a ceasefire with the Houthis abandoning Israel mid-conflict and delivering a strategic humiliation to its closest ally. xDThe US is utterly incapable of fighting both Iran and Yemen. Its precision munition stockpiles are depleted by Ukraine and Israel. Houthis exploited this weakness, joining the war precisely because they knew the US cannot sustain two fronts. Their hidden arsenals now hold ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and swarming drones enough to systematically destroy Saudi ports, refineries, and the entire Eastern Province oil infrastructure, holding the global economy hostage.
>>539464334kekwent digging into thisIt appears this was the US Embassy attack in SaudiWhat at the time was reported as a limited fire at the embassy turns out to be 2 precision drones aimed specifically at the wing housing the CIAThe first drone created an opening then the second drone detonated insideThat means Iran has its hands on some very juicy data and have evaded all jamming
Explosion at the Abdali-Safwan crossing on the Kuwait-Iraq border.
Thats the UK and France withdrawing all embassy staff from Iran
>>539464950Kuwait has announced it was a drone attack
>>539464950Irans proxies in Iraq are now targeting Kuwaiti border posts as Iraqs PM is sitting in Tehran during the official visit. A little show of power xD
Israel requested this
Houthis about to fuck around and find out why Americans don't have free Healthcare
>>539465865>why Americans don't have free HealthcareThats because you spend the money on bases around the world. Iran/Houthis want to kick you out from these bases so you could finally afford your medical bills xD
>>539465865> Houthis about to fuck around and find out why Americans don't have free HealthcareGlobohomo already spent months bombing them, maybe even a year, then the navy had to retreat.
>>539451339Always like those honey badgers
>>539465965The Saudi campaign highlighted limits of air power without ground resolution. US operations showed similar constraints in gray-zone harassment. The Epstein Furry is another evidence that nothing can be achieved without boots on the ground.
>Second Pools closed too.Al-basaad!
>>539464950>>539465358>>539465385Iran launched a strike on the Kuwaiti side of the border crossing in response to the recent US strike on Irans border crossing with Iraq, where 2 people were killed. Symmetric answer.
>>539464334Homophobia is the worst disease. Sad Russia and china are involved in this hate crime
>>539464497>The US is utterly incapable defeating Yemenfrom the air. It's a small place, maybe 200,000 boots can ground it
>>539467129Sure, they can try. Far easier to conquer/occupy than huge Iran with +90 mln population, thats for sure. xD
>>539466954Why aren't we getting reports of Americans mobilizing heavy logistics? In 2003 their highways were full of transport at night.
>>539467220It would be great practice, similar terrain; nice staging area, and an early easy win. Fuck yeah!
>>539467333My theory is that USrael is already too deindustrialized/bankrupt for major ground op. xDWhen the US launched war in Iraq in 2003, its debt was $6T (58% GDP), and there was nobody in the world to oppose this invasion or create problems for the US elsewhere: Russia was ruined by capitalistic transformation/Soviet Union collapse, while China was an economic dwarf producing plastic toys, and the US manufacturing was still strong.Today US debt is $39T (124% GDP), the country suffers from serious deindustrialisation, China is the biggest economy/industry in the world, while Russia projects pressure on countries like Ukraine/Bolanda ("Eastern NATO flank"). The Chinese can enable Iranians to produce millions missiles/drones decimating limited US hardware. They hold Americans by balls controlling rare earth and magnets needed for massive weapon production. Times changed along with balance of power. The US of A cant do whatever it wants anymore.
President Donald Trump threatened the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen with "major military punishment" and warned that he will hold Iran directly responsible for any continued attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. This followed claims that the Houthis fired on two Saudi Arabian vessels.This statement escalates a tense week in the region. Earlier in the week, Trump stated that the U.S. would "take care of things" ------Take care of things? That's not fighting words
>>539467463>DebntsThat's precisely why America has to go big. If their military is shown to be a paperless tiger they got no cards. They might even get to play a home game when the world realised they can't afford to let them regroup in fortress America
>>539467129You realize the houthis already won a boots on ground insurgency Zero chance America wins
>>539467871Against Saudi Nepo babies? Not remotely the same as US Marine Corp semper fi!
>>539467762Yeah, if they won the war against Iran/Houthis, i am sure the yield would come back to 0.7% pre-plan-demic period. Entire world would believe again in their endless power xD
New footage leaked by someone in the Jordanian military shows the moment an Iranian ballistic missile directly hit King Faisal Airbase in Jordan yesterday, where numerous US service members are stationed. Multiple interceptor trails can be seen, meaning all of them failed to intercept, after the secondary explosion. The US Air Force has also started evacuating aircraft from the base today after the strike.
>>539469516The Jordans can join the coalition to liberate Yemen!
what a time to be aliveive never seen such a humiliating defeat for my countries military, despite 2 decades of near-constant war.it was much easier to blow up ak-toting iraqis and afghanis. trump picked the wrong fight
>>539465865Which is a shame because apparently half of this country suffers from amnesia.
