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Bluetus

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28. The truly insane thing is that ships can't upen the Strait
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 03:00 PM
18 hrs ago

There is high ground over the strait. Any ship is a sitting duck. Iran can attack with rockets, torpedos, and drones.

Every shipper and their insurance company knows this. Every NATO country knows this and would have explained that to Trump and his drunk Secretary of War if they had asked BEFORE bombing schools and everything else.

There are 2 ways to get the strait open:

1) Send in 50,000 troops and occupy the entire Iranian coastline along the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman.

2) Leave. Just get the F out.

Guess which one Trump will pick. And notice Netanyahu isn't offering to put thousands of Israeli soldiers inside Iran. Why should we?

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Just spit out my coffee..This is golden! BattleRow 22 hrs ago #5
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Meaning? ColoringFool 22 hrs ago #9
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Exactly what it appears is happening. BradBo 21 hrs ago #12
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Putin would like nothing better popsdenver 21 hrs ago #18
The UK initially offered to help MustLoveBeagles 21 hrs ago #19
I still have hope our democratic republic will survive Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #20
And the head of Counter Terrorism just resigned... Mustellus 21 hrs ago #22
. dalton99a 21 hrs ago #23
I think more people are seeing him for Emile 21 hrs ago #24
And a big chicken whose only trick is laying eggs that break and spill Attilatheblond 20 hrs ago #26
FAFO... NEOH 21 hrs ago #25
By "their own territory" he telegraphs that's how he views other countries ChicagoTeamster 19 hrs ago #27
The truly insane thing is that ships can't upen the Strait Bluetus 18 hrs ago #28
A SHITSHOW on a scale we've never before seen Blue Owl 11 hrs ago #30
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