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2026-07-31 Arabia

Saudi Arabia hosts multinational meeting to establish maritime coalition

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Posted by badanov 2026-07-31 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [227 views ] Top
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1 Maybe they should quit talking about it so much and put their money were there mouth is!

Posted by chris 2026-07-31 01:51|| 2026-07-31 01:51|| Front Page Top

2 Here's a solution no one will like! Let the folks with skin in the game take care of it. For instance, if Pakistan purchases a tanker of LNG from Qatar then they provide an naval escort for it thru the "danger zone." It'd be smart to purchase several ships worth at a time so you only have to risk one frigate or destroyer. If either the Iranians or the US/Israeli forces elect to detain / reroute / disable / sink the commercial vessels they will by default trigger a response from the escort. While I'd like to think neither side would be foolish enough to escalate the current situation even further, I'm probably wrong. Could be real interesting if the US is fired upon by the Korean / Japanese navy escort or if the Iranians are fired upon by the Chinese / Pakistani escort. The current situation seems absurd - may as well make it interesting (maybe Polymarket could issue odds on each transit!).

Posted by Dopey Photch2701 2026-07-31 14:02|| 2026-07-31 14:02|| Front Page Top

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