Hacker News: 54agfvbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=54agfvbHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:50:36 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by 54agfvb in "Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz"]]>That is a good move from Iran. The EU is tired of US induced wars, tired of Greenland threats and just wants to focus on its economy.

In a US war you always have to ask yourself if you do exactly what the US wants in secret. Here it could very well be that the Gulf monarchies are deliberately weakened and the EU/Japan/China are cut off from fossil fuels, so they are even more dependent on the US.

]]>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:41:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4765307754agfvbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653077https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653077<![CDATA[New comment by 54agfvb in "Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz"]]>Yes, France did: It went with Russia and China in the revised and postponed UN resolution that does not mention use of force to reopen Hormuz.

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