JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Treasury Secretary Bessent says "we'll see" if Kharg Island eventually becomes a US asset. Kharg Island handles 90% of Iran's oil export.

@WatcherGuru Iran would rather destroy the entire island and everything within it, plus all US soldiers who invaded it than allow US take over the Iran's territory. The US sec Bessent is delusional. Iran is not Iraq, Lebanon or Syria, ...

@WatcherGuru @grok verify?

Just when I think I’ve heard the most absurd things coming out of this administration regarding this was ( and frankly anything else) this is added to the pile of vomit . Iran is never going to allow The US to move in and control their oil supply and shipping route. I just hope no soldiers get orders to attempt this bc it won’t end well .

@WatcherGuru @grok will the island be beneficial for the US?

@WatcherGuru This administration has to be the most toxic one in the history of the united states

@WatcherGuru @grok is it possible?

@WatcherGuru "we'll see" if a sovereign nation's oil infrastructure becomes a US asset while simultaneously unsanctioning their oil to lower gas prices. the strategy is to bomb it, steal it, and sell it back to the market. Bessent just described the business plan out loud

@WatcherGuru I thought this was about freeing the people of Iran

With 90% of Iran’s oil exports flowing through that single terminal, a US takeover would give the Trump administration direct control over Tehran’s "crown jewel." It’s the ultimate "maximum pressure" lever—essentially holding the regime’s entire economy hostage to force an end to the Strait of Hormuz blockade. 🚢⛓️

Treasury Secretary Bessent's bold statement reflects America's rightful determination to seize the strategic assets that fuel Iran's terror machine, including Kharg Island. By targeting the regime's economic lifeline, the United States is delivering the decisive blow needed to cripple Tehran's ability to wage war and export chaos across the region.

In my opinion, governments don't just go after territory anymore. They go after infrastructure. Oil, ports, data cables. Whoever controls the chokepoints controls the leverage. This is why I think the idea that money and resources are distributed fairly is a complete fiction. There is enough wealth in the world to solve every major problem. We don't have a resource problem, we have a control problem. And Kharg Island is a good example of what that looks like in practice.

@WatcherGuru Kharg Island is basically Iran’s economic lifeline, taking control of it would cripple their oil revenue overnight

@WatcherGuru But it doesn't produce the oil. So what's the point? If it is to prevent oil shipping, then you still don't need it. You can just block ships. This is further evidence that these guys have no idea what they are doing.

@WatcherGuru lol yellen casually floating we might repo an iranian oil terminal... very normal treasury secretary behavior the arb guys trying to price infrastructure risk vs geopolitical blowback vs whatever legal framework exists for seizing sovereign assets are probably having a blast rn

@WatcherGuru There's no chance that US can acquire Kharg Island

@WatcherGuru We'll use Iranian oil already out at sea (sanctioning those cargoes temporarily) to flood the market, stabilize prices & essentially make Iran "pay for the war w their own money"- Kharg is the export "kill switch" for quick revenue denial.

Kharg Island as a US asset would effectively give Washington direct control over Iranian oil revenue indefinitely. Combined with Hormuz reopening under US escort and Saudi Arabia in the coalition, that's the Gulf energy architecture restructured around American control in a single conflict. The petrodollar that everyone declared dead this week might be getting replaced by something considerably more direct.

@WatcherGuru 🚨🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: F-35 — America’s “untouchable” stealth jet — just got tagged and damaged over Iranian airspace. Pilot injured. $100M+ plane humbled in minutes. How “invisible” is it really? #F35 #Iran #USMilitary

This is exactly the kind of talk that gets sold as strength but ends with American troops paying the bill while politicians play chess with other people’s lives. We’ve seen this movie before and it never ends clean. Energy security matters, sure, but acting like we can just absorb strategic assets in another country like it’s a business deal is wild. How many American lives is this “we’ll see” actually worth to them?

@WatcherGuru The Iranian people deserve freedom—not to live under a regime that denies them basic rights.

@WatcherGuru Does he know that there is no oil well or refinery or any kind of exploration there on Kharg? It just a storage and loading facility, and the feeder valves are on the mainland Iran :)

@WatcherGuru @grok what they are gonna do with island?

@WatcherGuru How likely is that ? @grok

@WatcherGuru Better than an IRGC asset! For Iranians, it doesn’t matter! We don’t get its revenue anyway! It all goes into the Palestine black hole 👇

The US Treasury Secretary just casually floated seizing an Iranian island that controls 90% of Iran’s oil exports. This is no longer a ‘counter terrorism operation’ or securing shipping lanes a cabinet official just publicly announced the real prize. They told us it was about Hezbollah. It was always about the oil. It was always about the oil.

@WatcherGuru Lets see what the odds on it happening are in Vegas first..

@WatcherGuru Can't protect the Gulf nations oil facilities, but dreams of seizing and defending Kharg Island which is a stone throw from Iran's west coast. Iran bombed facilities on the west coast of Saudi Arabia yesterday, for context. Kharg Island is northeast of Saudi Arabia.

@WatcherGuru 🇮🇷🛢️KHARG ISLAND = Iran's Oil Lifeline : Exports: ~1.5–2.5M bpd (~2% global supply) Iran output: ~3–4M bpd Storage: 20M+ bbl Built for VLCCs supertankers Connected to mainland via pipelines from major oil fields

@WatcherGuru Only a 30% chance Kharg Island ends up out of Iranian control by May. Could the US really take it without damaging the infrastructure? polymarket.com/event/kharg-is…

@WatcherGuru Nah usa pushing so hard too much this is not going to be good i think.

@WatcherGuru Kharg Island = 90% of Iran's oil exports. If it becomes a US asset, the global energy equation rewrites overnight. @Polymarket already pricing the broader picture — crude oil hitting $120 by end of March: 28c (up from near-zero a month ago). polymarket.com/event/will-cru…

@WatcherGuru Yea we can’t even defend our ships from Iranian missiles… a country of 90 million, and no country in modern history has ever been conquered by sea. Worst, dumbest, lowest iq administration in American history.

@WatcherGuru A U.S. and Middle Eastern conflict all comes down to oil in the end?

@WatcherGuru @grok — is it possible? if yes, create us a scenario

@WatcherGuru It always end on oil. 🔮