Jim Cramer, the CNBC host, decided to weigh in on geopolitics Thursday, and it went about as well as you'd expect when someone brings up the Vietnam War on the internet.

Cramer took to X and called for stronger U.S. military action against Iran to pressure the country into negotiations. "If the infrastructure is not taken out and the money is not taken away why should Iran come to the peace table," he wrote.

He framed the conflict in terms of energy markets, suggesting Tehran is using them as leverage. "They are taunting us with $200 oil," Cramer wrote. "They do not have the cards; our military must be unleashed."

Then he reached for a historical analogy. It may be "time to do what we did to Hanoi… to get them to the table," he said, invoking the capital of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

In a separate post, he seemed to acknowledge the need for a diplomatic off-ramp, writing, "It is vital that this war end, and if possible, on our terms. We need an off ramp." But the main thrust was clear: more military pressure.

The internet, being the internet, was ready with a fact-check. A Community Note—X's crowd-sourced correction feature—was swiftly attached to Cramer's post. It offered a blunt historical reminder: "The US lost the Vietnam war and had to withdraw."

The annotation argued that citing the war as a model for forcing negotiations could be misleading because, despite superior conventional weapons, the U.S. ultimately withdrew in the early 1970s without achieving a military victory. It's a bit like saying, "We should do what we did with that project that failed spectacularly."

Meanwhile, the very oil price threat Cramer referenced was being echoed by Iranian officials. Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaqari warned that oil prices could surge to $200 per barrel if the conflict escalates and disrupts regional security, particularly shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

That's not an idle threat. The strait is one of the world's most critical energy chokepoints, carrying roughly a fifth of global oil supply. Any serious disruption there sends shockwaves through markets.

And markets were already jittery. In late trading, oil prices were higher. U.S. crude rose 0.52% to $96.23 per barrel. The global benchmark, Brent crude, climbed 0.61% to $101.07 a barrel. Natural gas also moved higher, gaining 0.56% to $3.251. Gasoline futures slipped slightly to $2.9605, while ultra-low sulfur diesel edged down to $3.8941.

So to recap: a TV personality suggests bombing Iran more, compares it to a war America lost, gets fact-checked on social media, while the country he's talking about warns of $200 oil. Just another day in the markets.