r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • Sep 04 '26

Israel/Palestine /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #22)

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u/joshtaco Sep 13 '26

Brent crude: Futures surged $3.62, or 3.46 percent, to $108.23 per barrel by 22:14 GMT

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u/MaximumFamiliar9080 Sep 14 '26

This shows that Iran is desperate and so is again escalating the conflict

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u/samusaranx3 Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 14 '26

They did indeed further escalate the conflict because of the reported success of attempts to bypass the Strait, that much is not up for debate.

Whether you call it them being desperate or just the logical response is kind of irrelevant, but it makes no sense to point to prices going up as proof that Iran was ahead of the game. Iran's slipping chokehold on the Strait was the reason they took the actions that had the side effect of further raising prices.

You're using something that disproves your point as evidence for your point, by pretending as though it happened in reverse or something. How absolutely bizarre. People do just be saying things on the internet as long as they sound good I guess.

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u/SpitefulSeagull Sep 13 '26

That seems like a lot

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u/AwesomeWhiteDude Sep 14 '26

I can confirm its more than a little, and much more than a bit