Iran Unable to Find Mines It Planted in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Says

I would dare to say that he is even many kinds of idiots

But a stable idiot.

They laid 3 mines. They are numbered 1, 2, and 879.

The sort of mines that Iran was probably using don't come with a convenient way of tracking them. They are the most basic spiky ball mines the Russians have been using since the late 1800s. C****, easy to use, hard to find or track without expensive and specialized equipment, and very destructive if they hit a ship, and at the mercy of the ocean currents.

The story repeatedly states that the claim comes from U.S officials. So even if that claim is false, the reporting is accurate.

The NYT is not that respected. They have published garbage that is shown to have been based on hilariously lax source quality and then proven false many, many times before, especially when it comes to any wars/conflicts. I imagine next is "so cite some" as if I keep a running tally. One that comes to mind because I was writing for a tiny indie publication at the time though is when Kim Jong-Un's brother (or BIL, or half brother, or something - some variety of brother) was assassinated in Macau, and NYT republished a nonsensical South Korean claim that it was from "ninja ladies who stabbed him with needles," which they simply entirely made up with no source or evidence (and the NYT simply lifted their claim from their website and published it with that as their source). Many different instances of journalistic malpractice have happened in the Gaza war, blaming both Hamas and Israel for various things that were not-long-after proven false. They do this kind of thing all the time. Yes, they absolutely would publish nonsense they're handed by the government. Any government, in fact. How hard did they sanewash Trump in both of his campaigns? American mainstream media is largely complete f****** garbage and not respected by anyone who pays attention over the long term.

I think we all know the NYT has a pretty bad record when it comes to American wars, and freedom of the press in general is doing quite poorly in the US right now. So yes, that sounds about right.

Nytimes is a joke nowadays.

How well does glue stay gluey when submerged in salt water? Also, can you even ship AirTags to Iran without violating sanctions?

Well, the US should have stayed....umm, how far back do we want to go? 1953? Or....? Nuclear-armed power vs non-nuclear. It's what we do, all over the world.

Trump obviously picked a lot of stupid and pointless fights but I think Listnook's blind faith in Iran is unique and unfounded.

First time on Listnook? People lap up the propaganda.

US lying to us? Not really