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Oil price is going up in real-time, over 109 at the time of posting (ca.investing.com)

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[–] Akh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am not sure the US could protect vessels anyway at this point. Seems the US underestimated Iran’s capabilities

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Exactly, whenever this ends, it's going to be a massive humiliation for the US. And I expect the countries in the Gulf will be thinking about finding new patrons at this point.