Post #1626201

2026-03-22 16:38 UTC

@isaackuo @cstross Is this a big bundle of war crimes before they start bombing power plants? Yes. The whole thing is illegitimate per the defunct post-war order. Does anyone in the US administration care at all? No. (Many are actively in favor.) Can the US do it? This is one of the things you can do with air supremacy. Will it work? It could; starving people are docile, but people who know they're going to starve are not. (Not that this is going to save anybody.)

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@graydon@canada.masto.host 2026-03-22 16:40

@isaackuo @cstross Does the current "supply chain shock" scenario go flying out the window singing strange names in unpronouncable tongues once anybody starts figuring out that the supply of fossil carbon from the Gulf is now indefinitely impaired? (It's not like US fossil carbon producers mind the current prices. It's not like elites notice food prices.) It sure does; that's "some other global economy, try again later" for prognostication. Far too many pieces no one can predict.

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@isaackuo@spacey.space 2026-03-22 16:42

@graydon @cstross Okay, but how does this actually make the Iranian regime go away? Yeah, starving people may be docile, but this would help whoever's already in power. Unless you have a full on invasion force, I see "regime change" as a political struggle. And Trump's hurting, not helping, political support for the Iranian opposition.

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