MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction)
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Nick Szabo· 2026-03-17 03:30
RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)China and India are happily transporting oil for Iran. Are you suggesting we attack Indian or Chinese ships?There are other MAD-like considerations in the Persian Gulf as well that explain why even the U.S. is letting Iran ship its oil, while Iran blocks the U.S.-allied GCC countries from doing so. ...
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Nick Szabo· 2026-03-17 03:10
RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Yes, a million robots are repeating "it's only been 2 weeks" over and over again like the mindless robots they are. It's not an argument.And the facts on the ground are that only a negligible fraction of GCC- and U.S.-associated ships are getting through Hormuz, while a much larger fraction of Iranian-associated (e.g. Chinese and Indian, and even some Iranian) vessels are. Yes, it's a MAD-like situation where each side could blow the others' commercial ships out of the Hormuz wate ...