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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]IbogaProject
(5,852 posts)21. Its way west of the strait
What a bunch of spoiled idiots the GOP are.
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US considering occupying Kharg Island to force Iran to open Hormuz strait, say reports [View all]
BlueWavePsych
Yesterday
OP
So the braintrust is assuming Iran won't fire on it because the oil/storage?
underpants
Yesterday
#4
For them, it might as well be destroyed if it is occupied any real length of time
SamuelTheThird
Yesterday
#18
The Dutch destroyed their refineries rather than have them used by Japan in WWII.
PufPuf23
Yesterday
#39
No one else can use it with out Iran continuing to pump oil there from the well heads.
EX500rider
Yesterday
#23
"Iran is prepared to take everyone in the Gulf.." Even more reason they can't be trusted with nukes IMO
EX500rider
Yesterday
#24
So they ruined their economy with sanctions & have thousands of centrifuges under a mountain..
EX500rider
Yesterday
#30
And again why do they have centrifuges under a mountain enriching uranium to nuclear bomb percentages?
EX500rider
Yesterday
#35
Iran cannot win the war by strength and may end up a larger version of Gaza and a failed state.
PufPuf23
Yesterday
#40
"Israel cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons." The facts would indicate otherwise IMO
EX500rider
23 hrs ago
#41
Because Iran "holds all of the good cards" Trump can't just declare victory and walk out.
flashman13
Yesterday
#6
The Iranian army has the whole fucking island zeroed for motherfucking artillery missions.
SoFlaBro
Yesterday
#15
Be out of range for most their artillery @ 25 miles+ unless they line it up exposed on the beach
EX500rider
Yesterday
#25
US speeds up deployment of thousands more Marines, sailors to Middle East
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
22 hrs ago
#42