RantWoman and the RSOF

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Week 11 of the Strait of Hormuz blockage

#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #China #India #Japan #Pakistan

Possible international force to help open strait.

watch oil supply, demand, refining capacity

lots of demand for Panama canal, but concern about low water in the summer

Iran making deals with individual countries.

US trying to block movement of Iranian oil

And a couple more videos, just because

The Dali Settlement in Baltimore, The "Golden Fleet," and a 1,500ft Tsunami: Top 5 Maritime Stories

The Great Battleship Debate | John Konrad of gCaptain and Zach Cooper of AEI

More battleships? Yes? No?

The Trump Class battleship: the USS Defiant

Check out the NetAssessment podcast

RantWoman means to watch later

And Secretary Hegseth goes to Congress

Tactical Victory or Strategic Failure? Secretary Hegseth on U.S. Control of the Strait of Hormuz

"Future energy dominance by the US?"

National security advisor should be coordinating but Rubio has too much to do.

maintain pressure on Iran...regime change

Sen. Coons question about tactical vs strategic victory

"If the US controls the Strait of Hormuz how do we reopen the strait to commercial shipping?

Not a military solution to reopen the Strait but must do a political solution

Senator Murphy: "lots of evidence from military history that countries under attack will put up with a lot of misery to preserve national pride"

Who breaks first the US or Iran?

US military effort would be extremely costly.

Every day the strait is closed will take a week to recover.

Who hit the UAE nuclear power plant?

#NuclearPowerPlant #CleanPower #NuclearSafety

Posted for background about pressures from many directions about the cease fire and the more general regional conflicts.

UAE reports fire near Barakah nuclear facility after suspected drone attack

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Lifting Sanctions against Russia. Multiple Trump Family ties to Sanctioned Russian Former SU Oligarchs + CHINA

#TrumpCrimeFamily

Trump properties have drawn LOTS of people with ties to Russian oligarchs / mob figures who paid cash for their units.

The proposed Trump Tower Tbilisi flies in the faces of people who have been going out to the streets of Tbilisi every night for 2+ years protesting against Russian involvement in Georgian elections.

This video cites credible numbers about how much Russia is making being able to sell oil with the easing of sanctions. Oil earnings are funding support of Iran but are not enough to salvage the war on Ukraine. Such nasty tradeoffs and RantWoman suspects that crypto and sovreign wealth funds hide even more objectionable matters.

Such nasty tradeoffs

Oh, and Russia, China: a starving lack of wolves...out of desperation

Russia Just Sold Their Entire Future to China

and RTV mouthpiece Vladimir Solovyov complaining about how dependent Russia is on China

Interesting comment about internal repression occurs when a county is in a state of weakness.

Chian debt

China buying oil from Russia but demanding massive discounts

China helps with a LNG pipeline and demands product at same prices as Russians pay.

China feeds Russia a drip feed of backing for war. Every month Russia stays in weakens Russia. China purchasing Russian gold at discounted price and paying in YUAN which can only be used for Chinese goods at inflated prices.

Road signs in Siberia in Chinese

"persecuted citizens" in others' territory.