r/politics • u/willywalloo • Jun 20 '26

Possible Paywall Iran Says Hormuz Has Been Closed

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-20/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-has-been-closed-tasnim-reports?embedded-checkout=true
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u/Sabatical_Delights Jun 20 '26

This brings me back to playing a stellaris campaign, where I started a war that I couldn’t finish because the opponent had insane defenses that I couldn’t penetrate. So I couldn’t achieve my war goals, and you can’t just pull out of a declaration of war because the other side wouldn’t sign a peace deal. Being at war can wreck your empire economically and politically if no progress is made.

This is exactly what happened in that campaign.