I agree with @anderspuck: Trump has placed himself in an impossible situation with his Iran war.

Anders has some interesting points about the Hormuz Strait conundrum:
youtu.be/W4i6nj8aHkw?si=e9uoQe…

in reply to Randahl Fink

The problem is that the only way Trump will be responding is by further escalation. He doesn't know anything else.

He will intensify the air campaign and target more civilian infrastructure. If he conducts ground operations, those will be rather small (only easy targets).

What makes me angry: the development was totally obvious for anyone with two brain cells to rub together.

But his "yes men" gave Trump the impression that he could facilitate a regime change by killing the current leaders.

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Just #FYI - he has #PeerTube channel .. no need to boost #YouTube views when you have free alternative...

Feel free to follow using #ActivityPub - even with #Mastodon instance 😀


Why is it so difficult to open the Strait of Hormuz?


It will be dangerous to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump is visibly frustrated about the situation. He can't end the war before the strait is opened, and he can't open it without a major escalation.
In this video, I discuss what it would take and why America's European allies are so reluctant to get involved.

Get bonus videos and support the channel: logicofwar.com.

00:00 Intro
00:31 The Strait of Hormuz
01:01 Iran’s fees for passage
02:44 Trump’s dilemma
03:58 Why reopening the strait is so difficult
05:10 Sea Control and Sea Denial
05:48 Can Ukrainian drones help?
07:02 Europeans getting involved
09:44 Escalation seems likely

New intro music by Mads Granum.


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in reply to Anders Puck Nielsen

I just tried to mirror your video as it seemed like you have some sort of trouble.

According to log something is not working on your side - error 404
[code]Job: 4
Type: video-redundancy
Processed on 5. 4. 26 19:59:36,291
Finished on 5. 4. 26 19:59:36,440

{
"videoId": 118689
}

HTTPError: Request failed with status code 404 (Not Found): GET media.muku.dk/mukutube/streami…
at Request.<anonymous> (file:///app/code/server/node_modules/.pnpm/got@14.6.6/node_modules/got/dist/source/as-promise/index.js:98:42)
at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:633:26)
at Request.emit (node:events:530:35)
at Request._onResponseBase (file:///app/code/server/node_modules/.pnpm/got@14.6.6/node_modules/got/dist/source/core/index.js:779:22)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
at async Request._onResponse (file:///app/code/server/node_modules/.pnpm/got@14.6.6/node_modules/got/dist/source/core/index.js:829:13)[/quote]

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muku.dk/w/cEC7fJ9sWAjxjU227MUw… works


Why is it so difficult to open the Strait of Hormuz?


It will be dangerous to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump is visibly frustrated about the situation. He can't end the war before the strait is opened, and he can't open it without a major escalation.
In this video, I discuss what it would take and why America's European allies are so reluctant to get involved.

Get bonus videos and support the channel: logicofwar.com.

00:00 Intro
00:31 The Strait of Hormuz
01:01 Iran’s fees for passage
02:44 Trump’s dilemma
03:58 Why reopening the strait is so difficult
05:10 Sea Control and Sea Denial
05:48 Can Ukrainian drones help?
07:02 Europeans getting involved
09:44 Escalation seems likely

New intro music by Mads Granum.


in reply to Anders Puck Nielsen

@Chris @anderspuck@muku.dk @schmaker

Could we debate PeerTube please? I started a thread here:

mastodon.social/@randahl/11635…


Many are asking me to put my videos on PeerTube, but every time I look at it, I see an overly technical user experience that I do not trust to take off.

What we need is for Mastodon to become a video platform, so THIS social medium which has now matured and people clearly love, gets robust video features.

You do not beat YouTube by making users jump through hoops to watch a video. You beat YouTube by making user sponsored creator videos turn up right in the Mastodon feed.

@anderspuck