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In reply to the discussion: US considering occupying Kharg Island to force Iran to open Hormuz strait, say reports [View all]Miguelito Loveless
(5,718 posts)27. They don't have any nukes
They have been accused of being about to have them for 47 years, and yet they have never turned up. Iraq didn't have them either.
Are you telling me you believe the Child Rapist's claims?
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US considering occupying Kharg Island to force Iran to open Hormuz strait, say reports [View all]
BlueWavePsych
9 hrs ago
OP
So the braintrust is assuming Iran won't fire on it because the oil/storage?
underpants
9 hrs ago
#4
For them, it might as well be destroyed if it is occupied any real length of time
SamuelTheThird
7 hrs ago
#18
The Dutch destroyed their refineries rather than have them used by Japan in WWII.
PufPuf23
3 hrs ago
#39
No one else can use it with out Iran continuing to pump oil there from the well heads.
EX500rider
5 hrs ago
#23
"Iran is prepared to take everyone in the Gulf.." Even more reason they can't be trusted with nukes IMO
EX500rider
5 hrs ago
#24
So they ruined their economy with sanctions & have thousands of centrifuges under a mountain..
EX500rider
4 hrs ago
#30
And again why do they have centrifuges under a mountain enriching uranium to nuclear bomb percentages?
EX500rider
4 hrs ago
#35
Iran cannot win the war by strength and may end up a larger version of Gaza and a failed state.
PufPuf23
3 hrs ago
#40
"Israel cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons." The facts would indicate otherwise IMO
EX500rider
1 hr ago
#41
Because Iran "holds all of the good cards" Trump can't just declare victory and walk out.
flashman13
9 hrs ago
#6
The Iranian army has the whole fucking island zeroed for motherfucking artillery missions.
SoFlaBro
7 hrs ago
#15
Be out of range for most their artillery @ 25 miles+ unless they line it up exposed on the beach
EX500rider
5 hrs ago
#25
US speeds up deployment of thousands more Marines, sailors to Middle East
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
1 hr ago
#42