Final Tanker From Middle East Arrives In CA

 

From the LA Times on the effect the Malignant Fascist's war on Iran is having here in the U.S.:

"Gas prices are at a four-year high and experts are warning they could climb even higher.

The final oil tanker from the Middle East has docked in Long Beach, putting the region's supply chain under pressure. According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, it's the last shipment from the Strait of Hormuz to reach California.

After that tanker leaves, it could be weeks or potentially months before the next one arrives from the Middle East.

'The war in Iran and the closing of the Strait of Hormuz has actually been buffered by the fact that all of these tankers were at sea at the time that the Strait of Hormuz closed,' said UCLA Professor Michael Ross. 'So all of that supply has still been making its way to consumers. This is the last shipment of that supply that was keeping prices relatively stable. So that should worry us.'" (our emphasis)

The article goes on to note the MF's "Project Freedom" purports to provide security for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz without U.S. Navy vessels involved in the operation.   Iranian military forces are already targeting the ships that are presumably under the protection of the U.S. Navy.  WINNING!!

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