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orangecrush

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55. They should be sent 1st

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #47)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:39 AM

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Delta Force Prepares to Capture Iran's Kharg Island - 95% of Iranian Oil Goes Through [View all] orangecrush 17 hrs ago OP

They'll be sitting ducks on that island. RandySF 17 hrs ago #1

Exactly it seemed like that would be an insane move oldmanlynn 12 hrs ago #51

Nonsense. It does not pass the sniff test. drray23 17 hrs ago #2

Trump announced it Johnny2X2X 15 hrs ago #31

LOL Prairie Gates 17 hrs ago #3

We'll see. orangecrush 17 hrs ago #7

I think you guys answered your own questions. ABC123Easy 17 hrs ago #4

Kharg is far from Hormuz. JCMach1 17 hrs ago #6

Yes Celerity 11 hrs ago #54

I think orangecrush 17 hrs ago #9

That would makes sense except sarisataka 17 hrs ago #10

Turns out you are not that far off orangecrush 16 hrs ago #12

Yes, that graphic is very scary MorbidButterflyTat 12 hrs ago #49

JFC!!! electric_blue68 17 hrs ago #5

My reaction exactly orangecrush 17 hrs ago #8

Ridiculous conjecture sarisataka 17 hrs ago #11

Check out post 12 orangecrush 16 hrs ago #13

Kharg Island is at the northern end of the Persian Gulf. sarisataka 16 hrs ago #15

He's not saying Marines are going to Kharg orangecrush 16 hrs ago #19

". It wouldn't be the first time Marines were put in position to be sacrifices" orangecrush 15 hrs ago #24

My mind went to Guadalcanal but this works too Arazi 13 hrs ago #43

... orangecrush 13 hrs ago #44

The bigger the font used in a YouTube video ad the higher probablility of bullshit. WarGamer 16 hrs ago #14

Cappy is far from bullshit. orangecrush 16 hrs ago #16

I don't trust ANY analysis with political spin. WarGamer 16 hrs ago #18

Thanks for the link orangecrush 16 hrs ago #20

EXCELLENT source! orangecrush 16 hrs ago #22

you're welcome! WarGamer 15 hrs ago #32

Outstanding reference orangecrush 15 hrs ago #33

But on Call of Duty, that's not a problem. haele 16 hrs ago #17

This sure as fuck ain't COD orangecrush 16 hrs ago #21

This is not a game. Dan 15 hrs ago #23

That seems to be the consensus orangecrush 15 hrs ago #26

With Israel as a partner, the long range goal in Iran wnylib 15 hrs ago #25

Boots on the ground in a place where they have been planning on this... Hugin 15 hrs ago #27

A USMC MEU is a very formidable force. However, the Iranians are likely dug in as well as the Imperial Japanese were artemisia1 15 hrs ago #28

The commentator did say orangecrush 15 hrs ago #29

Yes. I should clarify that I meant a full division in addition to 5,000 MEU members. Even that won't do it, imho. artemisia1 14 hrs ago #35

Thanks orangecrush 14 hrs ago #38

Kharg rso 15 hrs ago #30

They already attacked it. LeftInTX 14 hrs ago #34

... orangecrush 14 hrs ago #37

I think he announced that he was gonna do it after it already happened. LeftInTX 14 hrs ago #40

Very likely orangecrush 14 hrs ago #41

I'm not an expert by any stretch but blue-wave 14 hrs ago #36

95% of Iranian oil flies though the island because orangecrush 14 hrs ago #39

OK, but if the strait is blue-wave 14 hrs ago #42

The Iranians from what I'm seeing orangecrush 13 hrs ago #45

And this... orangecrush 13 hrs ago #46

And the MAGAts go wild! UTUSN 13 hrs ago #47

They should be sent 1st orangecrush 3 hrs ago #55

I don't think Kharg is the target for the US... WarGamer 12 hrs ago #48

That looks ridiculous MorbidButterflyTat 12 hrs ago #50

Huge screw-up. GP6971 12 hrs ago #52

I fear for them. It's going to be raining drones. yourout 12 hrs ago #53

Yup orangecrush 3 hrs ago #56