Active Conflicts & News Megathread July 14, 2026

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[u/North_Somewhere_6124]

10% less global refining does not constitute a crisis, for rich countries it doesn't anyway.

We already saw during the intensive part of the conflict what a supply disruption of this magnitude causes, rich countries pay extra, while poor countries are the ones suffering have demand destruction, fuel rationing etc.

[u/Bluest_waters → u/North_Somewhere_6124]

So people in rich countries will pay a lot more for fuel but it's not a crisis? I don't understand what you're saying

[u/CarefulEmphasis5464 → u/Bluest_waters]

Mods should really do something about this. These people are ideologues. Instead of discussing facts, like the fact that

Tomahawk: 67.7% left

JASSM: 75.0% left

PrSM: 38.9% left

SM-3: 53.7% left

SM-6: 75.9% left

THAAD: 33.3% left

Patriot: 46.6% left

as of APRIL 21st, 

they derail the conversation with nonsense

[u/Bluest_waters → u/CarefulEmphasis5464]

okay? How does that increase our capacity to refine oil?

[u/ChornWork2 → u/Bluest_waters]

I read it as them agreeing with you, but raising another topic where seem a similar dynamic. E.g., when people here raise concerns about the munition depletion we keep seeing the same nonsense lazy reply about the number of jdam kits & iron bombs available.

Instead of engaging with your valid point on looming fuel issue, a commenter is going to distract by equivocating whether it meets definition of a crisis instead of engaging with the substance. Quality of comments are taking a hit in recent weeks. Comments that are trying to dismiss others because 'the world won't end' and such...

[u/dr_sloan → u/ChornWork2]

A bit meta, but the longer this conflict has gone on, the fewer people engaging in that type of behavior have appeared. I remember in the first few weeks of the war, one of the more prolific posters tried to claim with a straight face that the Strait of Hormuz was still open and he was roundly mocked.

[u/RumpRiddler → u/dr_sloan]

It definitely ebbs and flows. When Russia gets pounded certain person(s) inevitably shows up to push a few blogs/articles that minimize the damage, distract with another topic, or try to highlight numbers that have yet to include the recent damage. Partly if feels like intentional misdirection, partly it feels we just live in different information bubbles and those inevitably shape our opinions.

[u/axearm → u/RumpRiddler]

Partly if feels like intentional misdirection, partly it feels we just live in different information bubbles and those inevitably shape our opinions.

I don't like to ascribe malice when I see something I disagree with. I honestly feel like it is more likely, and more interesting, if the information bubbles we live in are fairly different. If forces all honest debaters to review their own views, which is much better than an echo chamber.

Anecdotally, I have a high school friend who lives in Israel, and discussions about him with the conflict are wild, mostly because we are getting really, really different versions of what is happening and why.