“Pretty please, can you lost the war so we can keep driving our oversized SUVs?”

Don’t give in. You got the upper hand. Don’t give in !

Hormuz will re-open some day (even if only selective, but you’ll pay for passage for sure). We will manage till then. You have faced much bigger hardship since the invasion.

…the initial “signals” appeared to have come from Moscow

so, the “ally” is the US as a proxy for Russia

Hey, could you actually stick to strategies that merely prolong the war? Our Raytheon buddies were much happier with that.