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News & Current Events Apr 14, 2026 at 1:38 PM

Ship Testing Hormuz Blockade Appears to Transit Then U-Turn

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US Says Six Ships U-Turned in First Day of Hormuz Blockade
Bloomberg.com
US Says Six Ships U-Turned in First Day of Hormuz Blockade
The US said six merchant vessels complied with instructions from its forces to turn around and re-enter an Iranian port during the first day of its blockade, as traders watched for signs of ships testing the restrictions.

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Wemban_yams_it 5 days ago +620
The ship everyone was saying was breaking the blockade didn't. Ships move slow. 
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exciting_one2005 5 days ago +216
Is it the Chinese ship that was said to evade blockade?
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Crystal-Ammunition 5 days ago +112
The one that wasn't even subject to the blockade since it didn't depart from an Iranian port?
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SingularityCentral 5 days ago +75
So this gets a little legalistic. The law around blockades is very well fleshed out and has been for a long time. A country that institutes a blockade needs to make announcements about it and make clear the ports it is blockading, here all Iranian ports. The blockade needs to be actual and not just theoretical.or threatened, which means a nation needs to by capable of physically enforcing the blockade and actually does so. That blockade gives the blockading nation authority to stop, search, seize, and impound all enemy and neutral ships going to and from the ports in question. It also allows the blockading nation to stop ships that were at an enemy port and then went to a neutral port and then attempted to breach the blockade under the doctrine of "continuous voyage". It also allows the blockading nation to stop ships that are headed to a neutral port but with cargo bound for the enemy nation or ships that come from a neutral port but with cargo that came from the enemy nation, again under the same doctrine. The USN and every seafaring nation takes this legalism pretty seriously. I am not sure how far the USN is taking the doctrine of "continuous voyage" under these circumstances, but suffice it to say that any little sneaky moves involving leap frogging around ports or loading Iranian cargo from neutral ports would not give legal cover to run the blockade.
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aardwolffe 5 days ago +95
All the little boats that the US sent to the bottom of the Caribbean last year without benefiting from the process above would like to have a word...
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SingularityCentral 5 days ago +103
Clearly that's not a blockade and is just extrajudicial execution.
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ExF-Altrue 5 days ago +34
Murder\*
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SingularityCentral 5 days ago +23
Tomato tomahto
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edincide 5 days ago +8
Realpolitik > international law
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SingularityCentral 5 days ago +12
The third party and neutral merchant ships that get seized and impounded will not think that way. And if any area of international law actually has teeth it is admiralty law, especially in regards to large merchant vessels seized as part of a formal blockade. It is also not exclusively international law because much of this is codified in US domestic admiralty and military law. The US and most other seafaring nations have specialty courts to deal with just these kinds of cases. Heck, they even have law around captured prize vessels during wartime. These countries take admiralty law extremely seriously.
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jonesaus1 4 days ago +8
I don’t think Trump cares about any laws
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mediumwetsock 4 days ago -5
Wtf are you on about authority or law? None of this is lawful
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Murky_Meaning2129 5 days ago +7
Time to further piss off the Emiratis and the rest of the GCC by blocking their sales to their largest consumer. Great going Don Tzu
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Lokon19 4 days ago +2
There’s no clear indication those states were crossing in the first place. Second the GCC state without a doubt prefer this to paying Iran any sort of tolls.
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Wemban_yams_it 5 days ago +122
Yes. 
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exciting_one2005 5 days ago +39
Oh ok.
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Comfortable-Code7465 5 days ago +13
Ah man, listnook gonna hate this since they were all cheering that China dont give af and called the US' bluff. Aww, sorry guys!
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theefle 4 days ago +23
It wouldnt even be a bluff call since centcom clarified its only a blockade to/from Iran ports. Something like a Chinese tanker coming from UAE is fine to pass.
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ithinkitslupis 5 days ago +44
Wasn't the reporting that the blockade is only for ships that dock at an Iran port and not through traffic from other countries, so this ship (Rich Starry) isn't even subject to the blockade?
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sangreal06 4 days ago +21
That is what CENTCOM said, yes. It isn't what Trump has said though, so depends on who you believe. He claims it applies to anyone who pays Iran's toll
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Anyales 5 days ago +42
They are making it up as the go along
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babybirdingURgrandma 4 days ago +1
We know the trump admin is incompetent but starting to wonder if he managed to get rid of all the best American generals too, or if they're just afraid to tell him how terrible his ideas are.
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Anyales 4 days ago +1
A mixture of both it seems 
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Humble-Alarm-5507 4 days ago +2
Trump says for all ships. US military says all ships in/out Iranian port.
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Shot-Toe-2884 5 days ago +32
Yep it was pretty funny simultaneously reading 2 entirely different universe timelines for a while this morning. NYT was reporting 6 Iranian linked vessels cleared the strait successfully. US centcom was reporting US forces successfully intercepted 6 Iranian linked vessels at the exit of the strait. lol. Journalists are just really, really bad at this stuff. Like they didn’t piece it together that ships would get intercepted after they left Iran’s coastal waters, and not before. They were so obsessively focused on the strait itself, they didn’t even think about what an Iranian linked vessel would do for protection *after* leaving the strait.
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Comfortable-Code7465 5 days ago +2
It's on purpose, these journalists know what they're doing. Its amazing that anyone still listens to anything they see on the news anymore.
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Shot-Toe-2884 4 days ago +2
Honestly the incompetence is beginning to feel intentional. I’ll give you that. It’s bad faith journalism regardless, because ignorance isn’t an excuse to spread blatant misinformation.
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babybirdingURgrandma 4 days ago +1
Be funny if journalists were like "everyone's insider trading but us? Time we got our beaks wet"
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GildedGoblinTV 4 days ago -10
I find it interesting you are buying 1 side of the news at face value. I think both sources are full of shit partially.
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Retro1989 5 days ago +138
Maybe one of the kids in the back was playing up and the father actually went through with turning the ship around if they didn't start behaving.
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Ilmatarian 5 days ago +17
I think this is it
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Light_Beard 5 days ago +22
"THAT'S IT! BACK TO WINNIPEG!"
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baconroux 5 days ago +3
Nice Simpsons reference.
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titsmuhgeee 5 days ago +381
1. Elite place puts 2. Elite tell Navy to allow ship to start trying to pass through strait 3. Oil drops, puts print. 4. Elite place calls 5. Elite tell Navy to turn the ship around and enforce the blockade 6. Oil spikes, calls print 7. Rinse and repeat That's the problem with corruption to this point. It literally has no bounds unless checked, and so far it's been unchecked.
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supercali45 5 days ago +65
Stocks pumping right now lol
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amakai 4 days ago +15
One thing I don't understand, is why are people even trading in these markets when everyone knows that it's manipulated? Without insider knowledge or HFT bot with direct fiber line - it's l****** at this point.
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onceforgoton 4 days ago +8
People have always loved playing the l******
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Punt_Again_Bob 4 days ago +1
I’m trying to DCA down
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rkartzinel 5 days ago +45
Don't worry, Kalshi and Polymarket will save us.
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Joeness84 5 days ago +18
someone figured out that like 70% of polymarket bets resolve to the "no" state. You dont have to gamble, thats just investment!
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PM_me_your_O_face_ 5 days ago
Do you know if this is true on kalshi too? Asking for a friend. 
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throwaway_00011 4 days ago +3
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47753472 Here’s a HackerNews thread about a project someone made to bet “no” on non-sports bets. It was not profitable.
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blankarage 5 days ago +2
coincidentally orange f***** jr is major investor in both
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RichOPick 5 days ago +3
Except the price of oil hasn’t spiked back up??? Observe reality before making claims. 
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Always-learning999 5 days ago -33
You gotta have something better to do
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DancingDonkeyHehe 5 days ago +25
Just a prank bro
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HansSolo69er 5 days ago +52
Let's clear up 2 things right now: 1. It's a blockade of Iranian ports, not the Strait itself. So depending on where the ship's departing from, it may or may NOT be subject to the blockade...a technicality both China & Iran have made up their minds to exploit until he TACOs.  2. Trump, Keg's Breath et. al damn f****** well know that if they fire upon any Chinese vessel we'll have WW III on our hands faster than a cat can lick its ass.
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rblu42 5 days ago +3
China would probably take the advantage in that war at this rate. The current US administration is completely unprepared for a real war.
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UnoriginalStanger 5 days ago +20
> China would probably take the advantage in that war at this rate. If they could then they would already be positioning on Taiwan.
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Yvaelle 4 days ago +10
China's internal approach to Taiwan shifted in the last year or so and most people have not adapted their worldviews. China now views Taiwan's integration as an inexxorable outcome of US foreign policy, and not something they need to risk open war to achieve. Additionally pro-Chinese support within Taiwan has grown, particularly as the USA under Trump has proven to be unreliable global ally at best, or an outright enemy of middle powers like Taiwan at worst. China is thrilled to see the USA make enemies of their allies, even if that just becomes a Middle Powers Coalition that excludes both superpowers. So while China is building up significant naval power as quickly as it can - including landing craft and long range artillery essential to any invasion of Taiwan - an outright invasion has dropped from previously being Goal A (something they wanted to do within the next 10 years, as of last year), to Goal B or even C, where the new Goal A is to sow distrust between USA & allies, and either gain Taiwan in the divorce (Goal A), or at least divide USA from allies and become the strongest of 3 superpowers (USA, China, Middle Powers Coalition), following a global recession/depression.
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UnoriginalStanger 4 days ago +1
> not something they need to risk open war to achieve. Military spending and positioning isn't just about going to war, it's about changing the expected outcome of war and thus the bargaining range. If they were slowing down their plans then they would also be slowing down spending.
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Yvaelle 4 days ago +4
China is not slowing down in their ambition to integrate Taiwan, they are shifting their strategy to achieve it within the same timeframe. Risking open war may no longer be necessary, but it doesn't mean they stop preparing for it - for precisely the reason you gave. Their military buildup is also not solely for taking Taiwan, military strength will be useful for any version of the foreseeable future - as it feels we're looming toward WW3.
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UnoriginalStanger 4 days ago +1
So China isn't slowing down or changing their ambition, they're changing their expectations, which all depend on what the US is doing. Some of their miltiary build up has clear aims towards Taiwan though and Taiwan is one of the most likely flash points that would lead to WW3. Their pace is driving world tension.
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rblu42 4 days ago +1
Good point. They've been threatening to do that for what feels like a decade and have made no meaningful progress, besides massing thousands of fishing boats.
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UnoriginalStanger 4 days ago
They are building up their navy and they are building landing crafts as well so they certainly are shifting the balanace of power but if the US actually believed they were capable of launching it now then you'd likely not have seen action in Iran. Earliest estimates for having enough landing crafts is 2027 but who knows.
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Skurnaboo 5 days ago +24
Unlikely, China is also not prepared for a real war. It’s just gonna be one big clusterfuck for everyone involved
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RespectTheTree 5 days ago +1
I'm so happy for all of us, we deserve this and more.
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m0viestar 4 days ago -1
The Rich Starry is subject to US sanctions and has been for a while.
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Jzeeee 4 days ago +3
US sanctions means nothing to ships and companies that don't deal in US dollar.
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AshinWirathu 4 days ago
> if they fire upon any Chinese vessel we'll have WW III Nope. Both USA and China cannot afford a war with each other. At most it will be USA strikes a Chinese tanker, China strikes some US asset and ceasefire. It will pretty much be China setting the new standard so USA won't attack any Chinese tanker in the future.
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HansSolo69er 4 days ago +1
Ceasefire eh? 🤔 How've 'ceasefires' been going so far ANYWHERE lately?!? Go right on drinking that there Kool-Aid LOL. 
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Slipsonic 5 days ago +31
Can we get some F****** ADULTS to run shit plz? Put me in there, I'll run shit better than them because I actually care about other human beings. That's the most basic requirement that we don't even have in leaders right now.
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blankarage 5 days ago +17
well if republicans could do their f****** jobs, this is what the 25th amendment was for. But nope they put their wealthy and influence above the people
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joelfarris 4 days ago -3
25th aside, do you remember the first time Trump was unsuccessfully impeached, and it came down to the eventual realization that the person doing the whistleblowing had no direct witness or knowledge of any crime committed, but was instead saying that someone told one of my friends that Trump said something bad to Ukraine, but which wasn't provable with evidence? And then there was the second unsuccessful impeachment after the dude had left office, which caused a lot of people to get voted out? It's no wonder everyone's afraid to try for a third time, they want to protect their own political skins. The whole system is turning to shit even faster than it used to.
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thegreatmango 5 days ago +14
Doesn't that mean it technically went through *twice*?
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Reasonable-Gas5625 5 days ago +2
I've observed drivers in one-ways, and apparently, if they did it by going in reverse the whole way, it cancels out.
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RoughVirtual1626 5 days ago +1
They are testing to see what the response would be
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fixminer 4 days ago +1
I wonder if they paid the toll twice...
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Jolly_Echo_3814 5 days ago +3
Well this is gonna escalate
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StrangerConscious637 5 days ago -16
Is Trump already winning??? Yes?? Yes??? WTF is going on in the USA?
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officerboba 5 days ago -84
How would Iran even win…? In what possibility can a country like Iran that had its leaders killed in a matter of 30 mins and bases destroyed can win at this point…? Pass whatever you guys are smoking cause damn, it must be strong af Edit: I won’t respond to everyone cause it’s a waste of time, but as with everything, when USA is winning, everyone starts making excuses :) Go kiss the IRGC everyone while proclaiming moral superiority and hiding behind a veil that Iran killed 50k Persians, but hey!! Who cares about the 50k people right? They’re just Persians who don’t matter to ya’ll because it doesn’t fit the agenda that Iran is the good guy. I love the tears, keep giving them to me!!!!
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calgarspimphand 5 days ago +31
They can't "win" but they can possibly "not really lose" and we can possibly "not really win". It depends on whether killing a leader of very advanced age and letting the Republican Guard assert greater control was our goal. Or whether destroying military equipment that Russia will sell back to them is worth the damage we just did to our own reputation and economy. Most of all I think it depends on what kind of control they have over the Strait of Hormuz at the end of this. If it ends up being anything other than a freely navigable waterway then we've played ourselves badly. We Americans have a habit of decisively winning every battle but having questionable or unachievable strategic objectives and not really "winning" wars.
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DeadNeko 5 days ago +11
Bro we bombed a school are you so dumb you don't understand just because one side is bad doesn't mean the other side is good....? Could there have been a justified strike on Iran based on humanitarian concerns? Yes. Does this mean we did a justified strike on Iran for humanitarian concerns? No. It's not really that hard to think this through so why can't you?
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officerboba 5 days ago -19
One government killed 40k of its own people in 3 days and banned the use of internet for 40+ days now While the other one should have fired and put on court the team that killed those innocent school children. I’d rather side with the lesser evil, thank you very much.
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DeadNeko 5 days ago +18
You don't have to side with either moron. This isn't a dichotomy so your argument is false from the get go. Second nothing we have done has actually meaningfully changed anything for the Iranians people. They are still under the same oppressive regime. So how exactly are we a lesser evil. All we did was bomb a bunch of Innocents and placed the former leaders son in charge then destroyed their infrastructure making the lives of Iranians worse...
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Blunder_Punch 5 days ago +22
How can the US win at this point? How can they possibly walk out of this without having less than they did before. There are no winners in this conflict.
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Lurk5FailOnSax 5 days ago +17
Trump and the boys will have more from market manipulation. F*** the rest of you I guess.
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Crisado 5 days ago -1
You are talking as if the US is one person. The US is composed of millions of people, and yes, there are winners. Those who made war happen are the winners because they’re making money. Everyone else gets fucked.
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Blunder_Punch 5 days ago +5
That money is coming right from the pockets of other US citizens, and will continue to as gas and food prices rise. Not as a one person, but as a country, the US does not win from this conflict.
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Crisado 5 days ago
I agree. What I’m saying is that no country will benefit from war because a country is composed of all its citizens, and the citizens of the United States and Iran are suffering because of this war. However, there are certain people who are benefiting, but no country as a whole will benefit.
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Elegant_Run_8567 5 days ago +5
And those USA citizens democratically elected the current administration twice
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Crisado 5 days ago +2
Yeah, they voted for Trump, but they are not winning in any way.
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fourcolourhero44 5 days ago +3
Geography is enormously consequential in war
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ronnie1014 5 days ago +4
If every thing has been destroyed, why are they still there?
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LoneSnark 5 days ago +4
The attacker has to achieve their goals to win. The defender just has to not lose in order to win.
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JonasSharra 5 days ago +6
Same way Afghanistan, Vietnam and North Korea all won. Add Iran to the list.
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Elegant_Run_8567 5 days ago +2
Why doesn’t Trump just part the sea? Or does he only think he’s like Jesus?
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Flimsy_Share_7606 5 days ago +2
How did the taliban win? If the US wanted to glass the entire country they could. But that isn't the objective. That's why more guns doesn't automatically equal victory in modern warfare. The US was also defeated in Vietnam by people make traps out of sharpened sticks despite having overwhelming technological advantages.  It's what I think some people are missing. I keep hearing "their military was obliterated!" Cool. Then why didn't we leave? Unless that wasn't actually the goal. If there are goals beyond "blow shit up bigger", then that is the focus and being able to blow up more shit doesn't really matter that much.
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officerboba 5 days ago -52
The same people that were bragging about ships passing through and making fun of USA are all of a sudden quiet. Just like when they were gloating about the possibility of the airman getting captured. What’s new.
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BeerPoweredNonsense 5 days ago +21
Troll account created less than one week ago.
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Elegant_Run_8567 5 days ago +31
We’re still all making fun of the USA It’s hard not to at this stage
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officerboba 5 days ago -21
Yes, you’re welcome for this app.
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p251 5 days ago +14
Why make gas more expensive for yourself lmao nice winning 
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officerboba 5 days ago -25
If it means Europe chokes, so be it. Cocky Europeans need to learn their place. The time for their punishment for pillaging the entire 7 continents and drew border maps that continue to cause friction today will come.
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Elegant_Run_8567 5 days ago +13
>Pillaging the entire 7 continents  Pretty sure my European country had nothing to do with that
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vidrax 5 days ago +8
yes but Tiktok already told him so, what can we do now with the little fella?
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toofastkindafurious 5 days ago +16
Lol weirdo. America is learning it's lesson. World dgaf or respect us anymore. China Russia and Iran laughing at our floundering. But keep trying to convince yourself blockading the thing you wanted open a week ago is winning..
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officerboba 5 days ago -8
They never respected us to begin with so who gives af? 💪 Let Europe deal with their mass immigration as their culture dies down and the Western Europe refuses to secure a solid defense budget while Eastern Europe fights for its life. We’ll be chilling at the other side of the pond ^_^
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vidrax 5 days ago +5
lil bro is clueless, wtf is a km boba? Name 5 EU countries without checking your Tiktok or your infinite rights
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Remarkable-Low-3471 5 days ago +1
Oh yah what was that airmans name again? Nothing new except ur allies think ypur garbage now and won't work with you. Enjoy the nwo where your a footnote.
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TakuyaLee 5 days ago -1
If the airman isn't captured, where are they? Both Trump and the media wouldn't pass up a chance to use them for a story.
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apexxin 5 days ago +7
If they were captured, their body would’ve already been drug through the streets
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officerboba 5 days ago +4
Counter point, if the airman was captured, he would’ve been paraded by Iran. But hey, keep glazing the country that killed 40k of its own people.
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h34dyr0kz 5 days ago +8
45k Americans die per year due to under insurance. Our president just kicked another 10 million off of Medicaid. Iran sucks, but that doesn't give the current government a pass.
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pomlife 5 days ago -11
How many Europeans die to heat or cold per year?
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Elegant_Run_8567 5 days ago -2
So where is he?
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thatirishguyyyyy 5 days ago +4
... explain to us in the back how this is a huge win for the United States
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Motosama 5 days ago +5
That’s actually not how this, or anything really, works but thanks for sharing your well thought out response
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Suitable-Departure-5 5 days ago +6
Forced and collapse lmao, been smoking strong stuff hum
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SoloRemy 5 days ago -17
Several ships have gone through. The Christianna, the Elpis, the Richard Starry and the Murlikshan. The blockade isn’t holding and Trump has failed. Again
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East-Ad-7665 5 days ago +16
You should read the press release that CENTCOM put out so you know what you're talking about, the blockade only applies to ships entering or exiting Iranian ports. The Starry was turned around.
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tanktronic 5 days ago -6
Defending our corrupt government. Hidden post and comment history. Every. Time.
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East-Ad-7665 5 days ago +4
Lol, in what way is correcting incorrect people defending what's going on? I think the whole thing's dumb and should be resolved diplomatically, but I'm probably just a bot who doesn't actually have any opinions other than US good rest of world bad. I keep my posts and comment history hidden because freaks like you want to go through it and I'd rather you didn't. It's a feature for a reason :)
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DonnieTheYowie 5 days ago +2
To be fair, anyone that lives outside of the US now has as much trust for Centcom as they do for the IRGC. So nothing is truly clear or believable at this point.
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SoloRemy 4 days ago -2
Exactly. I wouldn’t believe CENTCOM if they told me water was wet. Both the Christianna and the Elpis put in at Iranian ports and my source for all this is MarineTraffic data. Open and readily available to the public
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SoloRemy 4 days ago -3
I know exactly what I’m talking about. All the movements are recorded on Marine Tracker. CENTCOM appears to be covering their asses with their boss
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East-Ad-7665 4 days ago +4
You clearly don't know exactly what you're talking about since you named multiple ships that are either not subject to the blockade or turned around/are just sitting there after they entered the Gulf of Oman.
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SoloRemy 4 days ago -2
You can say whatever you like, friend. Doesn’t change anything. Have a good one
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2CHINZZZ 4 days ago +2
Looks like Elpis, Christianna, and Rich Starry are all currently stopped based on MarineTraffic. Murlikishan is going to Iraq, not Iran
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