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Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade tells oil tankers to go through the Strait of Hormuz: "Show some guts and go through that strait and do it" (www.mediamatters.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

US Government should directly insure then use military to back that up.

They created the mess they should own it.

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not sure I really want my tax dollars to be insuring oil tankers traveling through a war zone.

I'd rather my tax dollars insure sick people.

Plus, who would be dumb enough to believe that Trump would ever hold up his end of a bargain like that?

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'd rather my tax dollars insure sick people.

Oh, but they are! All that money burned in operation Epstein Fury ensures sick people will stay in power.

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well I agree with this obviously but high gas prices also kill people and I’d like us to deal with any mess we are making.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even the us government doesn't have that kind of money

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You sure about that? We’re talking insurance, not all tankers would sink, the war itself is billions per day.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The US government investing that much into a bunch of oil tankers would actually make them bigger targets because it would be another vector from which to bleed America's coffers dry.

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Huh good point

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah we can't afford that either.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, we can just parlay on Polymarket

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Rofl