I'm just glad that our closest and most dear ally does not have to worry about oil prices going up
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Isn't Iran letting tankers through as long as the transations are in Yuan? I'm sure China's happy to "help" by welcoming the use of their currency as the standard for trade. |
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He has been slamming NATO and now wants them to help with the straits of Hormuz.
Can we say idiot! What a lame--o president. I guess this Biden’ s fault also. |
Aah. i was thinking there must be some reason they don't care. Israel First! |
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🇺🇸 President Trump considers US boots on the ground to seize Iran's Kharg Island oil depot, Axios reports.
Trump is also weighing a seizure of Iran's critical oil depot on Kharg Island — a move that would require U.S. boots on the ground — if tankers remain bottled up in the Persian Gulf, U.S. officials say. https://www.axios.com/2026/03/16/trump-iran-hormuz-strait-kharg-island?utm_medium=owned_social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=x |
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If Montana was supposedly injured before he was announced as successor (and presuming the extent of the injuries was known at that point, apparently several days later), why would they select him as successor?
It doesn’t really make sense to me. |
It's likely Khamenei is severly injured. The attack killed his father, his mother, his wife, his son, and his infant niece. It'd be unusual if he emerged unscathed. But his election as Supreme Leader is symbolic. It was a way for Iran's surviving leadership to express defiance against the US and Israel. And it allowed the IRGC to consolidate power while the US and Israel hunted for an imaginary leader who is incapacitated somewhere. The Iranian regime that exists today is far more hardline and militant than the regime that existed a month ago. In retrospect, the US should have allowed the former 86 year old Supreme Leader to die a natural death. He likely would have been replaced by a much more moderate and reformist figure eager to get sanctions lifted in the wake of domestic uprisings. But here we are. |
Once again showing Trump has no idea how NATO works. |
The Battle of Hormuz |
Are you talking about Steve Young? |
Kharg Island is 500 miles northwest of Hormuz. Sending the Marines in to take Kharg guarantees the Strait of Hormuz will be mined and closed to all shipping for likely years. If Iran can't export its oil, no one can. To take Kharg, the Marines will have to fly in by helicopter from Kuwait. And Kharg is within easy drone and artillery range from the Iranian mainland. It's going to be a high casualty battle. |
I’m sure the trade off is china lent a nuke to Iran for leverage |