Originally Posted by
NutLoose
The problem I see is the US will struggle to maintain a supply to the region, hence their need for a short war, unfortunately as the US needs to move tons of munitions half way across the world to the region, Iran doesn’t. Apparently Trump is stripping South Korea of its patriot batteries and shipping them to the Middle East.
We are all worrying about the outward supply of oil, oil products and LNG from the Gulf to the rest of the world, which flow constitutes about 20% of all such trade. This is a potentially very serious problem. However, the Gulf countries - including Saudi Arabia - import the vast majority (I read 90%) of their food, and it too needs to pass through the Straits of Hormuz, only going the other way.
I suspect they'll run out of food a long time before we are badly inconvenienced by diesel shortages.
I know which shortage I'd rather suffer