The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, due to potus’ war of choice, cuts off sulfur shipments, and so endangers *checks notes* the United States’ ability to wage war. Behold: the self defeating military!
“Chemicals like sulfuric acid…can determine whether the US military can maintain industrial base production of electrical and digital systems needed to sustain the fight as munitions are expended and combat losses mount.”
@davidaugust This certainly is one of the nice effects of globalisation. If you check your notes, having a country depend on resources of an allied country is precisely what started the European Union (would be nice if we kept that while getting rid of the detrimental factors that come with globalisation).
The thing is: the US industry will adapt. And that will in turn remove them from this kind of interdependence. Putin tried the same with some success (though thankfully not too much thanks to corruption and incompetence). So, this can only slow things, not stop them.
