"Many business executives, athletes, and actors have reacted to recent societal and global threats by purchasing apartments in converted missile bunkers, timeshares in survivalist communities, or buying up large tracts of land in Wyoming or New Zealand to escape what’s coming.
"Unbeknownst to the wealthy individuals who buy into these gimmicky, for profit, survival locations… there are massive online survivalist forums with thousands of well-armed, blue-collar preppers that are tracking and strategizing hostile takeovers of every one of these locations after a catastrophic event. The very last place you would ever want to take your family would be a location that has been advertised online, discussed in the media, and well known to the general public to be a survivalist or prepper location."
-- Jon Hollerman, US Military Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Instructor, Ret.
Better a poor and wise youth Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more. Ecclesiastes 4:13
Question:
Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Luke14:31
Answer:
A king who watches too much FOX TV, reads too many Marvel comics, pays attention to the New York Times, and watches too many Hollywood political thrillers.
The narrow strait is the most important chokepoint for the world's oil supply. Some 21 million barrels — or $1.2 billion worth of oil — pass through the strait every day.
Will a closed Strait hurt Iran? In terms of international oil sales, yes, but in terms of daily life, no. Iran pumps 3.5 million barrels of crude oil per day. The situation at this hour: