Subject: Re: So, what happened to the war?

Iran’s oil exports in October

...because simply declaring it your policy to end Iranian exports (almost entirely to China) is not the same as actually doing it.

The Pirate King had not resorted to hijacking on the high seas, yet. The first ship, the Skipper, was assaulted on December 10. The US has now hijacked 6 tankers. I suspect the attacks on "drug boats" was practice. He got away with the "drug boat" attacks, so he started attacking tankers in the Caribbean. He got away with that. Now, with the UK firmly on board with the program, he is moving assets into the Indian Ocean to expand the piracy program. It would be a lot simpler to bomb Kharg Island, but he may have TACOed, for the reasons discussed in this thread.

Steve