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US attacks Iran's Kharg Island, Trump says

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https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-attacks-irans-kharg-island-trump-says-2026-03-13/
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Outrageous-Crazy-253 Mar 13, 2026 +1655
He seems genuinely confused about Iran fighting back. I think he will be more confused after this.
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formallyhuman Mar 14, 2026 +705
He thought this would be Venezuela 2. A quick regime change, in and out. And he'd be viewed as some kind of military genius. I have no doubt that his sycophants presented it to him in those terms.
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Paizzu Mar 14, 2026 +320
He pulled a Putin and thought he'd sell the war as a three-day "special operation" that would intimidate the Iranian leadership into outright surrender within days.
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Polish-Proverb Mar 14, 2026 +113
3 days, 4 years same difference
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LivingtheLaws013 Mar 14, 2026 +36
The hardest part of a limited 2 week incursion is the first 20 years
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MadRaymer Mar 14, 2026 +76
WSJ was reporting that his military advisors told him Iran would likely close the strait in response to any attack, and Trump pushed back saying he thought they would capitulate immediately, and that even if they closed the strait the military could reopen it.
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KDR_11k Mar 14, 2026 +58
He thinks he's the invincible, infallible ruler of the whole planet. He can't even fathom that people would not obey him or that they would successfully stop him.
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Guy_GuyGuy Mar 14, 2026 +50
It's almost like our entire f****** system made a huge mistake refusing to hold the most impulsive, egotistical, narcissistic moron in the world accountable for literally anything from his first term and complying in advance in anticipation for his second term as he stuffed the whole government with brown-nosing, sycophantic yes-men.
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formallyhuman Mar 14, 2026 +17
Yeah, sounds like Trump being a fool which isn't surprising.
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Rabid_Mongoose Mar 14, 2026 +187
There wasn't a regime change in Venezuela though. This whole thing is just weird. I don't see the end game with Iran. If anything, Iran will come out on top with other countries making concessions for safe passage.
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ZAlternates Mar 14, 2026 +45
That is what was sold to the media whether it officially was or not.
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Cormetz Mar 14, 2026 +28
The government seems to have bowed down to him. They are allowed to remain in power until an election that is not yet specified, so maybe they are waiting him out.
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Guy_GuyGuy Mar 14, 2026 +22
I would too. Literally all the Venezuelan regime has to do is play nice and nod their heads until he dies or leaves office and then immediately tell the US to f*** itself and dare his successor to start another war over it.
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lrpfftt Mar 13, 2026 +151
No wonder - can only imagine what his sycophants have been telling him.
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Nick_crawler Mar 13, 2026 +110
When the insider stories eventually leak from the 2.0 Era, we're going to find out that they were just fully making up nonsense in his "briefings". It will all be very much The Emperor Has No Clothes, except probably less funny.
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matt_minderbinder Mar 14, 2026 +26
If/when we get a democratic president they need to declassify all this weirdness (along with the Epstein and stuff). We need an honest truth and reconciliation commission followed by many of these people finding their way into criminal charges. Lay it all out and leave no doubt about the lies that were told and corruption that was embraced.
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Spiderbanana Mar 14, 2026 +10
Problem is that, in order to declassify, you need some paper trail. And this administration had already been caught planning military operations through private (as in not official) telegram discussions.
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dern_the_hermit Mar 14, 2026 +4
There's gonna be so much that was "summarized" by one of these LLM models.
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PhotographUnable8176 Mar 14, 2026 +25
Jared Kushner convinced him they’d be able to regime change easily to get some sucker in there that will allow GOP tech bros to gain oil business footings — the good news is it will probably get Hegseth fired after they find a way to declare victory.
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plightro Mar 14, 2026 +6
Not even his normal sycophants. Literally nobody has ever stood up to him in any way that would make him question his authority. It's been strongly worded letters at home and abroad followed by capitulation for a decade now. But that kind of power diminishes every time you use it.
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caligaris_cabinet Mar 14, 2026 +6
When the dumbest guy wants to be the smartest person in the room, this is what happens
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Voodoocookie Mar 14, 2026 +12
That people are in the streets waving American flags and screaming his name about how he's saved them. The same thing they thought would happen in Iraq, only in Iraq some military higher ups were already willing to defect, and were communicating with intelligence forces.
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woodst0ck15 Mar 14, 2026 +52
He’s confused that any country would stand up to a much bigger country and army. Not understanding that Iran has been around for thousands of years and they’ve been preparing like the last 50+ years for this eventually to happen. USA making the new wave of terrorists is going to be trumps presidential legacy behind raping children.
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MomentPrestigious180 Mar 14, 2026 +5
Well, most countries in Europe and Asia are pretty much thousand-year-old. It's called Old World for a reason. It will take a whole lot effort to dismantle the institutions/belief/system there, than like, Venezuela. I guess it's Vietnam/Iraq/Afghanistan 2.0.
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runawaydoctorate Mar 14, 2026 +12
A lot of people who are used to getting their way by force are surprised when it doesn't work.
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NoChillNoVibes Mar 13, 2026 +2249
This isn’t gonna end anytime soon is it?
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Rakastaakissa Mar 13, 2026 +1065
Never was
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multisubcultural1 Mar 13, 2026 +328
*Marine Expedition Forces have entered the ~~chat~~ theater…*
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Oceanbreeze871 Mar 14, 2026 +140
Lots of dignified transfer flights coming unfortunately
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binglelemon Mar 14, 2026 +76
But the same old video roll of a hat-less Trump
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Gregbot3000 Mar 14, 2026 +38
Trump sees this as a merch advertising opportunity
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Acceptable-Bus-2017 Mar 14, 2026 +10
He will have one made that has 45 | 47 showing on top when he takes it off as a show of "respect"
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posthuman04 Mar 14, 2026 +3
Did they get through the Strait?
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El_Jefe_Castor Mar 14, 2026 +54
I actually think they were too dumb to understand the consequences of what they started, and too arrogant to listen to the career military/ intel folks. It’s pretty clear listening to Trump and hegseth talk that they were not at all familiar with the importance of the Strait.
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abrightmoore Mar 14, 2026 +33
It's going to plan according to the Heritage Foundation 2025 manifesto: "First, the U.S. must prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear technology and delivery capabilities and more broadly block Iranian ambitions. This means, inter alia, reinstituting and expanding Trump Administration sanctions; providing security assistance for regional partners; supporting, through public diplomacy and otherwise, freedom-seeking Iranian people in their revolt against the mullahs; and ensuring Israel has both the military means and the political support and flexibility to take what it deems to be appropriate measures to defend itself against the Iranian regime and its regional proxies Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad." Skinner in the State Department section.
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ratbaby86 Mar 14, 2026 +74
"Iran warned President Donald Trump that any invasion of its islands will “shatter all restraint” and result in bloodshed. “We will abandon all restraint and make the Persian Gulf run with the blood of invaders,” said Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. “The blood of American soldiers is Trump's personal responsibility.” According to Ghalibaf, it would be a case of “homeland or death.”" https://time.com/article/2026/03/12/iran-threatens-united-states-persian-gulf-blood-of-invaders/
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temujin94 Mar 13, 2026 +237
I'm of the opinion that this is a series of last hurrahs before Trump claims he won the war, declares he won the war, congratulates himself for winning the war, thank himself for solving a problem he created and f****** off to find his next victim. It's really only 1 of 2 options he has and it's one he's used regularly elsewhere the alternative is a ground invasion and I really have to question if the most moronic US government of all time is moronic enough for option 2.
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Fredd_Ramone Mar 14, 2026 +100
This is, by far, the most incompetent, unlawful, unconstitutional administration this country has ever seen. As Americans we are witnessing history that will be taught for hundreds of years. You were there grandpa? Was Trump really that bad grandpa? Why would anyone elect a man like that grandpa? Grandpa, we are being taught he was a convicted felon. Is that really true? In school most of us think it isn’t true and our teacher is just making things up. That’s the conversations of the future.
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Skurry Mar 14, 2026 +54
As a German, that sounds oddly familiar.
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Stefa93 Mar 14, 2026 +26
Elect him twice. That keeps baffling me and where my understanding stops. The first time was horrible. How in the f it’s possible het got another change. What did I miss looking in from the outside?
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Guy_GuyGuy Mar 14, 2026 +20
Just like after the Civil War, our government didn't absolutely crush the backwards-thinking, hateful, racist knuckledraggers after we beat them, thought we could all just join hands as Americans and sing kumbaya, and instead they just walked back into power to do it all over again.
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fevered_visions Mar 14, 2026 +13
> What did I miss looking in from the outside? The Democrats insisting on running Hillary, then Biden dropped out way too late. I wonder what things would look like today if they had just let Bernie win the nomination, instead of the BS with the superdelegates. That, and apparently half our voters are either morons or sadists because they keep voting for Trump.
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leidend22 Mar 14, 2026 +15
As shitty as Biden and Kamala are, that's no excuse for voting for Trump.
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StrawberryWaste9040 Mar 14, 2026 +10
"Grandpa did you vote for him?"
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Really_McNamington Mar 13, 2026 +213
It's in Iran's hands when it stops at this point. Doesn't take all that much to keep the Strait closed and watch the economy collapse. If your troops pull out they'll still keep droning your other middle eastern bases and upsetting the countries that host them. Interceptors are being stripped from South Korea to prop up the defensive shield, but that has a ceiling too. This whole thing was so profoundly stupid it makes my brain hurt.
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mhornberger Mar 13, 2026 +66
> It's in Iran's hands when it stops at this point. There may not be one set of hands steering that ship. If power has devolved to independent commanders in the IRGC, there's no one voice that can make a decision for Iran as a whole, or prevent others from breaking any ceasefire another group agreed to. They can't both have decentralized power to avoid decapitation strikes, and still retain the capacity for centralized, unified decisionmaking.
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Magicmechanic103 Mar 14, 2026 +65
This is one of the reasons Tokyo was very quickly struck from the list of potential atom bomb targets. Truman and the generals were worried they might accidentally kill everyone with enough legitimacy to get the entire Japanese military to stop fighting.
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silent_thinker Mar 14, 2026 +36
Tokyo also didn’t really need to be nuked because most of it had already been fire bombed to hell.
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Loggerdon Mar 14, 2026 +18
Kyoto was struck from the list because one of the officers spent his honeymoon there.
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KennyMoose32 Mar 14, 2026 +28
That’s honestly scarier. There’s no one to make a deal with……
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Happiness_Assassin Mar 14, 2026 +56
This is just one of the many reasons that going to war with Iran might be the dumbest thing Trump has done, which is quite the achievement. We can't negotiate with a group with no real leader, you can't win a war if there is no clear end conditions, and you can't force regime change through air supremacy alone. This war is top to bottom a logistical shitshow and it's only just started.
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DingerSinger2016 Mar 14, 2026 +18
Also, if I'm Iran why would I negotiate with the United States when they just bombed you twice in two years while you were at the negotiating table
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Aazadan Mar 14, 2026 +15
And don't forget, pulled out of the previous nuclear deal they were adhering to. An act that completely destroyed the political faction in Iran that was more moderate.
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Creative-Resident23 Mar 14, 2026 +17
Also last 2 times they've been at the negotiating table USA/Israel have bombed them. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, 3rd time....
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Frenzal1 Mar 14, 2026 +5
'I.. I, ah... I wont be fooled again."
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Ornery-Ticket834 Mar 14, 2026 +11
There’s no particular reason to believe that is happening.
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Johnny_B_Asshole Mar 13, 2026 +29
Mission Accomplished
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Professional-Can1385 Mar 13, 2026 +29
Too bad Trump is too old and fat to climb out of a plane on an aircraft carrier with a big banner. He’d love that.
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TexansforJesus Mar 13, 2026 +17
Let him land with the airborne. I’d pay money to see that.
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Inquisitor_ForHire Mar 13, 2026 +8
I want to see him go show those Tanker captains how to sail through the strait with no protection.
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temujin94 Mar 13, 2026 +9
Yes exactly my thought. Just the way him and the Press Secretary have been rambling the last 96 hours, he was only talking tough in front of his base at a rally, when quizzed by the media he really started to lean into the 'we've won this war, this war is as good as over' and he's had plenty of similar examples doing this elsewhere though of course this is the most intense one he's been involved in.
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thefoodiedentist Mar 13, 2026 +12
Problem is that if he does that, iran can block hormuz openly wo having to worry about bombs
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chatoka1 Mar 13, 2026 +29
Except Iran has a say in when it ends
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dern_the_hermit Mar 13, 2026 +8
Then Trump just says the Iranian response is Biden's fault, simple.
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bigloser42 Mar 13, 2026 +17
The next victim is Cuba, he's already told us that.
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temujin94 Mar 13, 2026 +10
Yeah I said as much earlier, and a much softer target for his ire.
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Saturn_winter Mar 13, 2026 +15
Trump doesn't get to decide when this is over, it takes 2 to make peace, and in this case it takes 3. He's locked into this now whether he likes it or not
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Definitelyhereforshi Mar 13, 2026 +21
The Iranians have no intentions of stopping the war, and their conditions are reparations & a guarantee to never attack Iran again. The US wants total capitulation. I feel like this ends in a small nuke being used on Tehran.
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Dandan0005 Mar 13, 2026 +4
If you think things are going back to normal just because he declares victory, get ready to be sorely mistaken
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YoungHeartOldSoul Mar 13, 2026 +17
In and out, 20 min adventure tops.
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Mighty__Monarch Mar 13, 2026 +17
[Soon very soon](https://youtube.com/shorts/y9VTSAvqZRo?si=Hw0R4j_LS8JQwf4I) > "We could call it a tremendous success right now and as we leave [the press brief] I could call it. Or we could go further, and we're going to go further." - Glorious Leader Could he be more clear? Idk what people are misunderstanding. Itll be over soon but we're going to go further but we could call it today if we wanted but were going to do more and itll be over quickly.
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Sad-Society-57 Mar 13, 2026 +919
He was denying even considering this like an hour ago. Every single person listening was like "I guess that means we're going after Kharg." So f****** predictable. He's just a hilariously bad liar. 
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ThePonderousBear Mar 14, 2026 +291
Well it's pretty simple, that dumbass wouldn't know what Kharg Island is if he wasn't actively working to take it. He isn't exactly the type to be up late at night studying an atlas...
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Sad-Society-57 Mar 14, 2026 +108
Thats exactly what I said. The fact he even knows the name is broadcasting that its on the table. 
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Trap_Masters Mar 14, 2026 +39
He's actually like a little kid trying to lie, he thinks he's being so clever and all but any normal adult can easily see through the flimsy lie 😂
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padizzledonk Mar 14, 2026 +29
He didnt even know what it was until some asshat on fox mentioned a few days ago that trump should take Kharg Island because that will show'em Seriously....this is why this is happening....because a fox news host suggested it. If they were planning to do this the whole time the Marines force they just shipped out of Japan or Korea or wherever the f*** they were wouldve been in theater weeks ago and they wouldve already taken the island I actually really am concerned for those Marines, literally everyone knows theyre coming, there is no surprise here at all
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absoNotAReptile Mar 14, 2026 +15
You know what’s crazy, he actually does know what it is and he mentioned taking it 40 years ago. Learned from another commenter. It’s real. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-reportedly-wants-seize-irans-kharg-island-he-floated-idea-40-years
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Ken_the_Andal Mar 14, 2026 +20
It’s probably safe to assume he still doesn’t know what Kharg Island is or why it’s important. He’s just repeating what he was last told by a combination of right wing media and military officials while retaining nothing. None of the details matter to him. It’s all about the show.
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Weebus Mar 14, 2026 +7
He said he would take Kharg Island in a 1988 interview. He's always been an Iran hawk.
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[deleted] Mar 14, 2026 +13
He waited for markets to close so his insider trading buddies could capitalize first.
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Th4N4 Mar 14, 2026 +4
Damn, he kidnapped Maduro on a Friday night, then attacked Iran on a Friday night, now it's Kharg invasion announced on a Friday night... It's almost as if there's a pattern
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Washpa1 Mar 14, 2026 +7
In before he uses a tactical nuke.
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Extension-Badger3144 Mar 13, 2026 +91
Knew that was coming and if I knew it then I’m 100% sure they did too.
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[deleted] Mar 14, 2026 +48
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Guy_GuyGuy Mar 14, 2026 +10
There must be an entire room in the Pentagon filled with filing cabinets filled with contingency plans for a war with Iran with hundreds of variables. We probably had contingency plans for zombie apocalypses that involved using it to our advantage for a war with Iran. These dipshits consulted none of them.
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Gastroid Mar 13, 2026 +432
**Question:** What will bring down the price of a critical global commodity? **Answer:** Destroying the port where one of the largest oil producers ships 90% of their exports.
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Albort Mar 14, 2026 +72
I bet Iran is doing 1 for 1. Which countries' oil infrastructure will Iran hit now?
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Ok-Bar-8785 Mar 14, 2026 +46
Saudi pipe line
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cyb3rg0d5 Mar 14, 2026 +24
Perfect plan sire!
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SEA_CLE Mar 13, 2026 +774
So $200 a barrel it is
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ThatsItImOverThis Mar 13, 2026 +162
Probably more.
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Infinite_Dress_3312 Mar 14, 2026 +64
I mean permanent demand destruction starts around $150 so highly unlikely 
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beyd1 Mar 14, 2026 +41
This is how we save the environment?
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jake0fTheN0rth Mar 14, 2026 +21
He’s just aiming for another Nobel Peace Prize
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bubbapora Mar 14, 2026 +16
What does “permanent demand destruction” mean?
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steeldraco Mar 14, 2026 +30
There's a lot of possible things we *could* switch to non-oil-based stuff, like making power with solar, wind, or nuclear energy or switching lots of cars from gas-powered to electric. We don't and haven't mostly because oil is relatively c****. If that stops being the case, then businesses will have economic reasons to start making permanent switches away from (no-longer-c****) oil and over to other things. Once that swap has happened in large sections of the economy, even if oil gets c**** again, we won't need as much - the demand has been destroyed. Once everybody has an electric car and the infrastructure is everywhere and market forces make them better and better, eventually you wouldn't buy a gas vehicle outside of unusual requirements, and a gas vehicle would be a weird and impractical choice.
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FSDLAXATL Mar 14, 2026 +20
Only problem is expensive oil make all alternatives more expensive too. Many of the raw materials depend on oil either for production for for to market. The time to make alternatives is when oil is c**** and which all GOP administrations refuse to do.
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aLittleGlowingFriend Mar 14, 2026 +8
Sounds f****** awesome to me
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drethnudrib Mar 13, 2026 +42
And that's just for Trump's lube.
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Peroovian Mar 13, 2026 +20
No way that old sack of shit can get hard anymore. And that’s probably the only thing stopping him from raping more kids.
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BalianofReddit Mar 14, 2026 +41
Yep. Even though iran is mostly supplying china, thats oil China isnt seeking on the global market. About 90% of irans oil goes through kharg island. This shit, if the attack is comprehensive in its destruction of the facilities on kharg is bad, and it looks like the Trump admin wants iran to fall into complete chaos. For any country within the region this situation just turned from unstable to, holy shit irans government just lots its means to pay for anything. I wonder what the refugee crisis will be like once a country of 90 million people collapses.
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7ddlysuns Mar 14, 2026 +18
The Iran Iraq war was really bad. Iran could just Zerg rush Israel with refugees I guess.
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BalianofReddit Mar 14, 2026 +42
We both know israel would just murder them all on national security grounds
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LostBoysTilDeath Mar 14, 2026 +43
Just filled up at $5.77 a gallon at Costco an hour ago. $160 to fill up my truck and it will barely last me a week. Edit: this is in Humboldt California
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honeycakes Mar 14, 2026 +32
Time to sell your truck and get an electric I guess.
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rebug Mar 14, 2026 +32
I'll just use all this money I have laying around to switch to an electric truck because that is a thing I could do. Thanks for the tip, amigo!
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DefNotBrian Mar 14, 2026 +4
I need about tree-fiddy
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Hayden97 Mar 13, 2026 +144
He waited for the markets to close
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PrivatePilot9 Mar 14, 2026 +68
Yep, Friday night, right on cue
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CourierFive Mar 13, 2026 +144
Wrong island, old man.
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studio_bob Mar 13, 2026 +149
>"For ​reasons of decency, I ​have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil ​Infrastructure on ​the Island," Trump wrote on ‌Truth ⁠Social. >"However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to ​interfere ​with ⁠the Free and Safe Passage ​of Ships through ​the ⁠Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately ⁠reconsider ​this decision." Laughable. The stakes for Iran are much higher than some oil infrastructure. He is completely out of touch and in over his head if he thought this would be leverage to re-open the Strait.
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Shemozzlecacophany Mar 14, 2026 +72
There's also no logic to it. Destroying the infrastructure on the island will effectively bring the transport of oil to a standstill - the very thing he's trying to prevent.
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Shemozzlecacophany Mar 14, 2026 +55
Ruining the very pants he was returning.
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ohmbrew Mar 14, 2026 +5
I laughed out loud, thank you. What a great reference.
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Malaix Mar 14, 2026 +5
Yep. This is a battle for survival and sovereignty. If Iran doesn't bloody the US and Israel, if it doesn't get concessions and securities, then Trump and Israel will just keep coming back to bomb them over and over and over. Like there are midterms coming up in the US. Trump saying "I win" now means he almost certainly will be back to bomb them then just for headlines. And their country and government can't justify its existence if it just accepts routine bombing runs from foreign countries as just a thing that happens now. Like that's the basic first and foremost role of a government. Protecting your people from other countries that would attack it.
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Herb_Alman Mar 13, 2026 +390
That’ll definitely bring gas prices back down
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tacodepollo Mar 13, 2026 +155
It's not a bug it's a feature. Russia is open for business. This is what will fund thier expansion into nato territory.
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leeta0028 Mar 13, 2026 +90
May explain the Treasury Secretary literally trembling in his interview after meeting Trump earlier today. 
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Different_Victory_89 Mar 14, 2026 +4
I watched that! He's usually very calm and eloquent, after being called away, he was stumbling and stuttering, and then mentioned his chil...teenager.
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Fire_Z1 Mar 13, 2026 +153
The anti war Republicans always love war
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Stand_Up_3813 Mar 14, 2026 +60
They’re only anti-war during election season
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rupertLumpkinsBrothr Mar 14, 2026 +5
It’ll be different this go-round. Have to have something to distract from ICE/Epstein/SAVE/healthcare premiums/etc
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double297 Mar 14, 2026 +81
This MFer does some large scale attack every Friday after market close, then walks it back to say it's nearly over by Sunday night so the markets chill out a bit. This is such a f****** clown show! I can't believe this isn't some shitty TV series.
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wilson1474 Mar 14, 2026 +9
Oh it is,and the world is watching this train wreck of a show
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sviraltp7101 Mar 13, 2026 +300
Not at war, no boots on the ground. Not in the Epstein files.
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OptimistPrime7 Mar 13, 2026 +65
This is major escalation, I am very nervous what will happen next. Iran might legitimately hit every gulf countries oil infrastructure plunging us into global depression.
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BalianofReddit Mar 14, 2026 +30
Yeh, that island is irans primary economic hub for oil. Dont doubt china will be severely pissed at this too.
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jadbronson Mar 13, 2026 +47
Winning. AND the war was over in the first hour. (It said)
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Cryptic0677 Mar 14, 2026 +14
War is peace.
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bufordt Mar 14, 2026 +8
Freedom is Slavery.
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rumblinstumblin8 Mar 14, 2026 +5
Ignorance is strength
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Razorwyre Mar 13, 2026 +113
Time for every late 30s to early 40s guy with dad bods and oodles of BF3 experience to enlist and lead the invasion.
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Ogrehunter Mar 14, 2026 +58
I've been playing since BF1942. That means I can join as a colonel, right?
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Jacky_Hex Mar 14, 2026 +16
I used to be in the top 100 of RTCW back in the day, that makes me a general.
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GhandisFlipFlop Mar 14, 2026 +7
Omaha beach has prepared us for this.
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Fallouttgrrl Mar 14, 2026 +9
Thank you for your service
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mankowonameru Mar 13, 2026 +36
Hell of an excursion, eh?
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Darkhorse182 Mar 14, 2026 +61
Ah, so THAT'S what he pulled Scott Bessant out of his interview to tell him, and why Scotty was shaking like a leaf when he sat back down afterwards... Scott's smart enough to know he's gonna be dealing with $200 barrels of oil by the end of the month, and who knows how many marines in flag-covered coffins in the background.
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porktorque44 Mar 14, 2026 +58
I am begging you to contact your congressmen and tell them to impeach this man.
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GOBANZADREAM Mar 14, 2026 +8
I never hear back from them when I call 
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coreychch Mar 13, 2026 +26
So much for their “short term pain for long term gain” bullshit. Unless their idea of “short term” is 10 years.
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Blackjaquesshelaque Mar 13, 2026 +190
If Trump were president. The USA would of never started the war in Iran. Oh, wait..
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BrucesTripToMars Mar 14, 2026 +26
Would have*
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Cpt_Soban Mar 14, 2026 +23
"it's not a war" "It's a war" "Short term pain long term gain" "War is over" "Iran has nothing" "Straight is safe to cross" "Navy will e*****" "No they won't" "No boots on the ground" "We're conducting strikes" "We're deploying marines" As erratic as his trade policy. I'm tired...
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rTpure Mar 13, 2026 +129
Desperate move by a desperate man
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fossilnews Mar 13, 2026 +40
No, just pumping up the prices to help Vladdy.
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StellarSomething Mar 14, 2026 +5
And his US oil exec buddies
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ViolettaQueso Mar 13, 2026 +78
When does anyone in his circle realize his “genius weave” is nonsensical and evilly motivated? Do we all have to lose everyone and everything???
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Professional-Can1385 Mar 13, 2026 +51
Hegseth may love this more than Trump, so he’s not stopping anything. He gets to play war hero without being in danger.
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PaulClarkLoadletter Mar 13, 2026 +23
Did you ever know somebody that was so obnoxious but was tolerated by their social circle because they had access to money that was occasionally spent on them?
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TougherOnSquids Mar 14, 2026 +6
They explicitly want this. It will force countries to have to buy their oil from Russia, giving Russia the leverage to force those countries to lift all sanctions against them. In turn it will give Russia the resources they need to finish their invasion of Ukraine and further expand into NATO territory. Everyone in his circle, *is* evilly motivated. They are all in the pocket of Putin and Netanyahu either through bribes or blackmail.
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BleachedUnicornBHole Mar 13, 2026 +34
Iran: We’ll keep the Strait closed until oil reaches $200/barrel Trump: Oh, yeah?! I’ll raise you to $210!
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Ogrehunter Mar 14, 2026 +12
Art of the deal!
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Nuclear-Jester Mar 13, 2026 +57
So he is basically hoping Iran will answer militarly and give him an excuse for a ground invasion?
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LeLefraud Mar 13, 2026 +105
You think he would need an excuse? I genuinely dont think this was ever intended to go boots on the ground, but the entire admin is mentally disabled and delusional and this will just keep escalating bc there was never a plan and they cant back out now If he needed a good excuse we never would have started hitting Iran in the first place, yes its a bad government over there but we arent capable of fixing that (as shown over and over every time we fight a war of ideology)
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Elfhoe Mar 13, 2026 +19
I agree, doubt they actually meant to, but Iran called their bluff when they closed the straight of hormuz. Now US has no choice or face >$5/g gas. And for an administration that went full on oil, that’s a deathblow. Israel played them good.
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LeLefraud Mar 13, 2026 +20
More like they played the only cards they had against such overwhelming military superiority Them closing the strait is literally the first thing a military strategist straight out of school should have thought of But the people making this call werent americans, and the americans that are involved are all yes men and idiots
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BananaCucho Mar 13, 2026 +30
Sadam Hussein was a terrible dude leading a terrible government too How quickly we went from people saying "we're not the police of the world" to getting in line with this bullshit
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tacodepollo Mar 13, 2026 +24
2k marines shipping over before this happened says yes. The idea is to provoke so far that the us administration can claim (orchestrate) 'plausible' (false flag) operations on us soil to suspend elections. They are all in. If the government turns blue, they are absolutely fucked. This was apparent before the election. They have to maintain control at all costs to avoid prosecution.
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BalianofReddit Mar 14, 2026 +5
Hes hoping iran collapses. No other reason to go after 90% of their oil revenue.
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vulcan7200 Mar 14, 2026 +5
Its an incredibly stupid move, because even if Iran gets crippled economically, it wouldn't immediately collapse and disappear off the map. Iran can absolutely cause significant damage to the global economy before going down if it ever came down to a "do or die" situation and thats what the Trump Administration really fails to take into account. If faced with the existential threat of collapsing into nothingness, nothing stops them from unloading their entire stock pile of rockets and drones at every oil storage site within reach. They simply have more drones amd rockets than we have munitions to shoot them down.
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rockcod_ Mar 13, 2026 +17
Thats what the marine force was there to do. We used them like that in nam. Im sorry they are doing that again. So they. Take rhe island, then what?
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Domeil Mar 14, 2026 +15
Then they die for oil. What else?
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AthasDuneWalker Mar 14, 2026 +14
"Didn't damage the oil infrastructure"... Half that damn island is oil infrastructure.
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Porticulus Mar 13, 2026 +14
Soooo many suicide drones are going to be flying at them poor bastards he sends in to take the island.
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_Doodad_ Mar 14, 2026 +15
"totally obliterated" has been doing a lot of heavy lifting lately. First it was Iran's nuclear abilities, which they miraculously rebuilt in mere months after nearly being two weeks away from having a bomb for the last 47 years! Now their military targets. Hmmm, I wonder what's gonna suddenly respawn next week?
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ObeseTsunami Mar 14, 2026 +10
Impeach this m***********
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turb0_encapsulator Mar 14, 2026 +17
if they damaged Iran's ability to export oil, that alone is going to have a huge negative impact on the global economy. They provide around 5% of oil. Seems deliberate that he did this on Friday afternoon after market close.
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spicyhotnoodle Mar 14, 2026 +21
Donal Trump raped children
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LazyLobster Mar 14, 2026 +16
F*** this guy for making me open google maps
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LonnieJaw748 Mar 14, 2026 +9
Checks Google Maps oh, I see. There’s a massive oil/fuel tank farm on the island.
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DrewDown94 Mar 13, 2026 +14
Won't stop there folks.
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mr_birkenblatt Mar 14, 2026 +6
No oil for anyone (except Russia)
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IronSavage3 Mar 14, 2026 +7
I promise you that Trump’s first time hearing about Kharg Island was within the calendar year.
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GetsBetterAfterAFew Mar 13, 2026 +40
Delta Force et al will be landing on this island, with mines laid both land and sea and all the oil there being contaminated. What a cluster f***... My friends, we have to f****** fix American leadership, both Republican and Democrats, also need to stop funding Isreal today and label AIPAC as a terrorist organization as they have infiltrated our government freely for decades. They are the tip of the spear of Israel power in America, if you're voting soon, do your homework and see which candidates are NOT taking AIPAC money or a shell or AIPAC. This is Israels war not ours and I don't want even the most MAGA loving American soldier to die for Netanyahu not to mention billions of tax dollars that should benefit your family your infrastructure and your city/state.
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molski79 Mar 14, 2026 +12
Not going to lie, maga can go to hell. Their ignorance has fucked our country possibly beyond repair.
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BrofessorFarnsworth Mar 14, 2026 +14
Still not going to ignore the Epstein files
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halfchemhalfbio Mar 13, 2026 +10
Trump should know that oil price is unified around the world....this will just hurt everyone.
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Ogrehunter Mar 14, 2026 +19
There's trump and everyone else. Trump doeant think about anyone else.
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nutationsf Mar 14, 2026 +6
He cares about his boss and it absolutely helps that guy
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nutationsf Mar 14, 2026 +9
It won’t hurt Russia
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satori_moment Mar 13, 2026 +10
America can pull out of this anytime
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Stand_Up_3813 Mar 14, 2026 +15
We can pull out, but we’ve already hit the hornets nest. They aren’t going to disappear just because we retreat. We are in this now, and will retreat weaker or continue and retreat later both weaker and poorer.
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BalianofReddit Mar 14, 2026 +15
Nah they cant. Iran probably wont stop attacking the gulf or hormuz The US is balls deep in this now, and they have to escalate or capitulate (by pulling completely out of the middle east and paying reparations, which lets be honest is not going to happen with trump in charge)
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Dangerous-Pound-1357 Mar 14, 2026 +5
Trump is a cancer that is eating away at the world. He must be cut out to save the body.
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whitemamba24xx Mar 14, 2026 +5
Amazes me that a few dickheads are ruining it for the rest of the world and there isn’t anything any of us can do.
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GrubyBuckmore Mar 13, 2026 +5
Just got in to deep to get out.
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butt_butter_baker Mar 14, 2026 +5
Shaping operations for those marines on the way?
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StarvinArvin92 Mar 14, 2026 +4
Of course he waits until markets close to do this shit. This f*** needs to be impeached
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ronasimi Mar 14, 2026 +5
He's going to put a lot of sailors in harm's way, and a lot of tonnage at the bottom of the strait.
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ArtemisRifle Mar 14, 2026 +5
All facets of a military only exist to support regular infantry. 11b is at the center of the United States' military solar system. Yes that means you too, Marine. There can be no strategic victory with air alone. There will be a ground invasion, and it will be America's last quagmire. And there is nobody more eager to watch America commit its naval & air resources into a major losing effort right now than China.
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patprika Mar 14, 2026 +4
Not how I wanted one of my favorite BF3 maps to come back
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CTMalum Mar 14, 2026 +5
Battlefield 3 was training
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MasterLJ Mar 14, 2026 +3
Bro went straight for [Oil Blvd](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kharg/@29.2358171,50.3176134,2692m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x3fb60cf8494b480d:0x1fa56ef66f0f4907!8m2!3d29.2457199!4d50.3120667!16zL20vMDZ3NDh0)
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bipolarbear326 Mar 14, 2026 +4
He's pissed that china was still getting oil, so he hit Iran's terminal. I wonder how china will take this
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Fpscharles Mar 14, 2026 +4
I mean, what’s the chance Iran will just bomb the island and make it useless? Yeah there is oil infrastructure that will be seized but that is like, what do they have to lose? It’s being taken anyway.
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CarolusRex13x Mar 14, 2026 +3
finally a battlefield 3 remaster
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CreeperCooper Mar 14, 2026 +4
Battlefield 3 becoming reality.
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LifevsPhiladelphia Mar 14, 2026 +5
*fortunate son starts playing*
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