I honestly thought this map was made up
Hundreds of supertankers, the kind that carry two million barrels each, are currently racing toward the US Gulf Coast from every direction. Atlantic, Indian Ocean, around Africa, the scenic route, the "we were heading to Saudi Arabia but NVM" route.
Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and everyone panicked. Oil hit $126 a barrel. Gas hit $4 a gallon. Cable news did the thing where they put a red banner on screen and say "CRISIS" in a font that suggests you should be hoarding toilet paper.
And then something happened that nobody in media seems interested in reporting, for obvious reasons. The world just... switched suppliers? Like changing your internet provider except the internet provider is the entire effing global energy economy.
American oil exports are approaching record levels. Gulf Coast refineries are running at 95% capacity. Supertankers that were mid-ocean on their way to the Persian Gulf literally turned around and headed to Texas. That's not a metaphor. Ship tracking data shows them doing U-turns in the Indian Ocean.
Meanwhile China, which was getting 45% of its oil imports through Hormuz and paying basement prices for sanctioned Iranian crude, is now competing with Japan and Europe for the same expensive American barrels. Chinese manufacturers are already raising prices 20% on goods headed to the US.
So to summarize: Iran played its biggest card and the main result is that the United States became the world's emergency gas station and China's cheap energy subsidy evaporated.
This is either the most elaborate coincidence in the history of geopolitics... or someone planned the sequence Venezuela -> Iran -> profits!
I'll let you figure out which one
Again, we are in a 600,000,000 barrel oil world deficit so far ( from the closure of the straights.
We have a 6-7 million barrel a day deficit which MAY be filled if production here is un-throttled.
We stand 0.00 chance of filling the 600 million barrel ( and climbing deficit).
Unless Trump implements socialists style price controls, that deficit will be reflected in the market ( capitalism).
This is reality my friend…
@lwalker071@WatcherGuru Are you familiar with WW2?
Do you remember why Japan did a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor?
What’s old is new again.
Buy more ammo Lamar.
US oil production is currently throttled due to low global crude prices. When the price per barrel is under $70 it's cheaper for US oil companies to import crude.
There are hundreds of idle wells on proven reserves the US oil producers can bring online, at least long enough to bring Iran to heel.
No, it won’t…
Total Production: As of 2025-2026:
the U.S. is the world’s leading producer at roughly 13.5 million barrels per day (mb/d).
Total Consumption:
The U.S. consumes roughly 19–20 million barrels per day.
The Math:
Even while being the world’s top producer, there is a structural gap of roughly 6–7 million barrels per daybetween what we produce and what we consume.
Thinking the Strait of Hormuz is irrelevant now is pure delusion. 7 million barrels is a fraction of global flow. 7M barrels is a drop in the bucket compared to total volume. This pipeline won't save the economy. It is a band-aid on a bullet wound. Only solution: Open Strait of Hormuz
@TradingWithGuy@WatcherGuru No, the world absolutely needs the strait. The peace talks failed and the stock market is gonna get smashed tomorrow. Australia has 16 days left of diesel.
The facts…
Strait of Hormuz Normal Throughput: ~21 million barrels per day (mb/d).
East-West Pipeline Capacity: ~7 million barrels per day (mb/d) at peak operational capacity.
The Gap: Even if the pipeline is running at 100% capacity, you are still facing a massive shortfall of at least 14 million barrels per day that would typically transit the
serious question - could cult-driven believers purposely create and make a war to blow up Jerusalem so that a 3rd Temple could be built to usher in End Times?
@lwalker071@JdubAndrew@the_17thletter4@filteredAlways@FBI@grok Most people know not to place equipment or anything out that could be used as a weapon or stolen. Piles of bricks would never be left in an area where someone could dismantle the pallet and use them. Whoever made that decision, needs to be investigated.
I'm calling on the @FBI to seize all of the footage collected by the hundreds of cameras in & around LA in order to determine what truck delivered these cinder blocks that were used on ICE agts
Whoever paid for this goes to jail and must have their bank accts seized, AGREE 👍
@lwalker071@D4lt111@blockniahc@MalicePallus@DHSgov They left England because of their opposition to the Church of England's reaction to the reforms they wanted to make. They and their descendants then proceeded to decimate the native populations over the next 200+ years. I call that "Christian in name only".
@bloss_garrett@MichaelARothman Mach 2.5, 60,000 ft. service ceiling. Can do a full power zero degree sustained climb. 25,000 bomb payload. Full spectrum air to ground, and air to air missile pods, including nuclear. Multi-role bomber, fighter, and fast as hell. That's why.
𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅-𝟏𝟓𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍
The picture is getting clearer — and it's extraordinary.
The downed F-15E has been identified as belonging to the 𝐒𝟒𝟗𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧, 48th Fighter Wing, out of RAF Lakenheath in England (Air & Space Forces Magazine). These are America's forward-deployed Strike Eagles in Europe — now confirmed in the fight over Iran.
Here's what happened to the weapons systems officer after he ejected.
According to an officer involved in monitoring the CSAR operation, the WSO 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝟳,𝟬𝟬𝟬-𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 with Iranian forces chasing him all day (DropSite News). Alone. Behind enemy lines. In the mountains of southwestern Iran. With a regime that put a $60,000 bounty on his head and sent state TV calling on civilians to hunt him down.
And he kept moving.
Defense analyst Babak Taghvaee reported 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 between U.S. Army Special Forces and IRGC Ground Forces in the Milas mount area of the Rig Mountains in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province — right where the CSAR teams were operating. This wasn't a quiet extraction. This was a fight.
The Iranian side tells the story from the other end. Reports from locals speaking to Iranian media say the IRGC is transferring 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 troops from "Black Mountain" to Dehdasht Hospital (HotAir). Plainclothes 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐣 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 sent to find the American were k!lled — Iranian officials confirmed at least 𝟒 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 during recovery operations in the region. The IRGC has now warned its own civilians to stay away from the area.
Let that sink in. Iran sent its Revolutionary Guard and Basij militia to capture one American — and they got wrecked.
As of this update, journalist Jack Murphy — a former Green Beret with deep special operations sources — reports the WSO has been 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 after a massive firefight at the recovery site (DropSite News). Multiple Special Forces community sources say he is safe and back in American hands. The Pentagon has not officially confirmed the second rescue.
But here's what IS confirmed: the United States military sent its most elite operators into hostile Iranian mountains, fought through IRGC ground forces, and brought their people home.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.