Today’s Brent Crude Futures price!

[gfm7175]

Down a few points.

If the air campaigns continue, they will go up.

If the FEAR MONGERING continues, they will go up.

3 out of 4 Americans do not support this war.

Made up number. Most US citizens support "this war" so long as it only lasts weeks instead of months or years.

 

[gfm7175]

What did people think was going to happen if we undertook a war in the Middle East, especially against one of the leading oil exporters in the world?

Amazing to think that Trump seemingly didn’t anticipate such

Why would you think that he didn't anticipate a brief increase in oil prices?
You are too focused on the short term that you are missing the long term.

 

[gfm7175]

Seriously.

All they need to do is disable one oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and world petroleum prices will skyrocket.

If they disable it badly enough that it would take months to move or remove it, we could be seeing the highest gas prices in history and the destruction of the American economy.

Just as Putin ordered.

Is the sky falling, Chicken Little?

 

[Into the Night]

Most of the supertankers cannot even pass through the Suez Canal,

Which is why oil shipped to Europe does not use supertankers.

with those going to East and South Asia not needing to go into the Red Sea.

What supertankers?

Those going to Europe can, and often are required to go around the Cape. There are easy backup plans.

What supertankers, Wally?

There is no obvious backup for the Strait of Hormuz.

Why would Iran want to shut off it's access to sea?

There are some pipes through Saudi Arabia, but nowhere near the capacity needed, and they are super vulnerable.

Saudi Arabia doesn't use the Strait of Hormuz, Wally.

The Red Sea is a short cut for some of the oil. The Gulf of Hormuz is nonexistent; are you talking about the Persian Gulf, or the Strait of Hormuz? The Strait of Hormuz is absolutely essential to deliver a large portion of the world's oil supply.

Obviously, like so many idiot Democrats, you have no idea of the geography in the area.

 

[gfm7175]

Watch Iran close the Strait.

With what navy?

 

[Into the Night]

Why would you think that he didn't anticipate a brief increase in oil prices?
You are too focused on the short term that you are missing the long term.

This is the essence of their cherry picking. They ignore even any brief decrease in oil prices.

 

[gfm7175]

Iran's coast is the Persian Gulf and the narrow Strait of Hormuz where they could easily make the prospect of passing through too dangerous for tankers and cargo ships to risk passing through.

With what navy?

 

[Into the Night]

Is the sky falling, Chicken Little?

He wishes it was!

 

[FastLane]

If the FEAR MONGERING continues, they will go up.

Made up number. Most US citizens support "this war" so long as it only lasts weeks instead of months or years.

It it is about 52 against and 48 for right now but that is skewed by how the question is asked . It CERTAINLY is not 25% for and 75% against for sure. Jake is lying ....again.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Disagree, has not oil stopped? Trey were never going to prepare for the bombing, never had that potential, their only real weapon was to disrupt the economy via oil to the point that we cease bombing, it has become a game of who can endure the pain the longest

Has the oil stopped? No. It is being rerouted via pipelines to other destinations. Yes, this is disruptive and can cost more, but the oil is still flowing.

In a long-term scenario, Iran's ploy is a fail. Oil gets shipped via other means.

It is amazing to think that Trump probably didn’t see this, he has surrounded himself with so many ass kissers than no one apparently told him this wasn’t going to be a short confrontation, a bomb the hell out of them and they’ll surrender

My bet is that he, or his people, did. They also likely gamed out, so to speak, what to do about it. That's likely why he moved on Venezuela. Opening Venezuela's oil back on the market--and that is happening--makes up for some of the loss of Middle East exports. It also puts pressure on China to act against Iran rather than support them as an ally.

In the long run, Iran's ploy is fucked. They don't have the navy to close the strait. Using a collection of cockleshells and hobbled together nonsense won't do the trick. They don't have the industrial base to keep up the missile barrage indefinitely. Mining is a spoiler, not a winner, as a strategy.

 

[Monad Portal]

Has the oil stopped? No. It is being rerouted via pipelines to other destinations. Yes, this is disruptive and can cost more, but the oil is still flowing.

In a long-term scenario, Iran's ploy is a fail. Oil gets shipped via other means.

My bet is that he, or his people, did. They also likely gamed out, so to speak, what to do about it. That's likely why he moved on Venezuela. Opening Venezuela's oil back on the market--and that is happening--makes up for some of the loss of Middle East exports. It also puts pressure on China to act against Iran rather than support them as an ally.

In the long run, Iran's ploy is fucked. They don't have the navy to close the strait. Using a collection of cockleshells and hobbled together nonsense won't do the trick. They don't have the industrial base to keep up the missile barrage indefinitely. Mining is a spoiler, not a winner, as a strategy.

yes yes.

we already won.

so too eager. you look like a bitch.

 

[archives]

No, anchovies.

What pain, anchovies?

Why would Iran shut off it's access to sea?

Wrong again (https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-hormuz-oil-shipping-49a1901c35cf2507830776a29706cf98), how come no one is surprised

Cost of oil, duh, try to keep up if you are going to post, then again, you don’t

They are not, (https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-ea...g-more-oil-today-than-before-the-war-ede3cd91), in fact, Iran is shipping more oil than they did before the war, all to China

As I noted, you don’t post

 

[gfm7175]

It it is about 52 against and 48 for right now but that is skewed by how the question is asked .

That's part of why polls are largely meaningless. Any little change in the way that a question is asked will affect the results.

If "the war" (the military operation) would only last for days/weeks, then the vast majority of people support it. If it would last for months, then it's closer to 50/50. If it would last for years, then the vast majority of people oppose it.

That actually tracks with my own mind. I'm okay with a quick military operation (days/weeks). I'm not okay with "forever wars" (years).

It CERTAINLY is not 25% for and 75% against for sure. Jake is lying ....again.

This would be closer to the truth if "the war" were to last for years instead of weeks.

 

[Nomad]

Were you under a rock in 2022? Or even 2021 - early 2024...

Gas is currently $3.099 in my neck of the woods, which is still 30 cents CHEAPER than the LOWEST that it ever was during 4/5's of the Autopen's term.

Oh, so it hasn't occurred to your stunted little midget brain that this might be just the beginning?

I'm not surprised because you low-educated MAGAturds have never had much in the way of foresight or common sense, etc.

Is the sky falling, Chicken Little?

Go outside and look, MAGAturd.

It could be falling on your head sooner than you think....

With what navy?

 

[Grokmaster]

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As of March 11, 2026, oil prices are experiencing significant volatility. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude is trading in the range of approximately $86 to $88 per barrel, while international benchmark Brent crude is trading between $90 and $93 per barrel. These prices fluctuate throughout the trading day based on market conditions.

 

[archives]

Has the oil stopped? No. It is being rerouted via pipelines to other destinations. Yes, this is disruptive and can cost more, but the oil is still flowing.

In a long-term scenario, Iran's ploy is a fail. Oil gets shipped via other means.

My bet is that he, or his people, did. They also likely gamed out, so to speak, what to do about it. That's likely why he moved on Venezuela. Opening Venezuela's oil back on the market--and that is happening--makes up for some of the loss of Middle East exports. It also puts pressure on China to act against Iran rather than support them as an ally.

In the long run, Iran's ploy is fucked. They don't have the navy to close the strait. Using a collection of cockleshells and hobbled together nonsense won't do the trick. They don't have the industrial base to keep up the missile barrage indefinitely. Mining is a spoiler, not a winner, as a strategy.

Has stopped thru the Strait of Hormuz, which accounts for over 20% of the world’s oil, that is devastating by any measure, and sure, there are other points of access, but the overall cost of oil rises proportionately, which rocks the world’s economy

So you are saying it is a prolonged war, that in the end Iran only has “a collection of cockleshells and hobbled together nonsense” and it won’t do the trick, but it is working now, effectively

 

[T. A. Gardner]

yes yes.

we already won.

so too eager. you look like a bitch.

No, we haven't "won." Nor has Iran lost. Iran just is in no position to make much of an offensive effort and the outcome largely lies with how determined Trump is to win as well as how much tolerance the US public has for this war. Right now, outside Democrats and the Left I'd say it's somewhere between support and indifference. Only Democrats and the Left are set against it.

 

[archives]

Why would you think that he didn't anticipate a brief increase in oil prices?
You are too focused on the short term that you are missing the long term.

Because now he is out now after the fact trying to convince everyone it will only be a “brief increase,” trying once again sell his overall agenda

What is the “long term?” That is the point of the thread, who knows what the “long term” is, Trump seemingly daily is redefining his “long term”

 

[gfm7175]

Oh, so it hasn't occurred to your stunted little midget brain that this might be just the beginning?

Is the sky falling, Chicken Little?

I'm not surprised because you low-educated MAGAturds have never had much in the way of foresight or common sense, etc.

Go outside and look, MAGAturd.

It could be falling on your head sooner than you think....

YOU don't have any foresight. You don't see how oil prices (later this year) will be even cheaper than they were a few weeks ago.

 

[Jake Starkey]

Were you under a rock in 2022? Or even 2021 - early 2024...

Gas is currently $3.099 in my neck of the woods, which is still 30 cents CHEAPER than the LOWEST that it ever was during 4/5's of the Autopen's term.

If hostilities continue, it will go up much, much more.