Trump: I'm Thinking of Seizing Iran's Critical Port Island, Kharg

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed that
American industrial production
of sick memes was up 1700%

I'm calling this island "Dinky Greenland."

No he's not really planning on taking it for the US, although, seriously, we've kinda earned it.

But he's putting together a coalition to seize it and open the Strait of Hormuz.

Sorry, I mean the Strait of America.

President Trump is working to assemble a coalition of countries to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and hopes to announce it later this week, four sources tell Axios.
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.
Why it matters: Oil and gas prices are rising as Iran's blockade of the Gulf's narrow strait drags on, choking off a significant share of the world's crude supply.
Iran is blocking Gulf countries from exporting their oil while allowing tankers picking up Iranian crude to pass freely -- keeping its own oil flowing to China and other countries.
As long as the blockade holds and Gulf oil is restricted, Trump could not end the war even if he wanted to, a source with knowledge of the situation said.

I don't believe Trump is thinking about American boots on the ground, but the leftwing foreign propaganda press will do anything, say anything to stop this president and prop up any anti-American, anti-human regime to spite Trump.

Driving the news: In a Truth Social post Saturday, Trump claimed the U.S. and several other countries will send warships to the Gulf to reopen commercial shipping, and called on China, France, Japan, South Korea and the U.K. to help.
On Sunday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One he "demands" that NATO countries and other oil-importing nations -- including China -- help the U.S. secure the strait.
"We are talking to other countries about policing the straits. It will be nice to have other countries policing with us. We will help. We are getting a good response," Trump said.
Trump said the U.S. is in talks with seven countries and mentioned some had already declined, while stressing that the mission "will be small" because Iran has "very little firepower" left.
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"Most of this oil isn't our oil -- it goes to other countries. So if they want it and they want the price to come down, they need to help out," the official said.
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The intrigue: Trump is drawn to the idea of seizing Kharg Island outright because it would constitute "an economic knockout of the regime" -- essentially defunding Tehran, a third U.S. official said.

Trump answers critics: "These are naive people that frankly are stupid."

In related news, the terrorist who tried to blow up a synagogue full of Jewish children was the brother of a Hezballah terror-commander killed by the Israelis in Gaza.

Who the US let into this country, because we have a violent Fifth Column which is always recruiting new soldiers to attack us from within.

The brother of a terrorist who rammed a vehicle into a Michigan Jewish preschool was a Hezbollah commander, Israel Defense Forces have said.
Ayman Muhammad Ghazali, 41, was shot dead after driving the vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., on Thursday.
His brother, Ibrahim Muhammad Ghazali, was responsible for managing weapons operations within a specialized branch of Hezbollah's Badr Unit, the IDF said in a statement Sunday morning.
This unit of the Lebanese terror group is responsible for launching hundreds of rockets toward Israeli civilians throughout the recent war with Iran, the IDF said.

Ghazali's two brothers, a niece, and a nephew were killed in an Israeli airstrike on March 5 in the town of Mashgharah, Lebanon, just days before the attack, a local official told AP Friday.
The family had sat down for their fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when they were struck.
Ghazali, who was allowed into to the US in 2011 as the spouse of a US citizen, was granted US citizenship under President Obama in 2016, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

After crashing his car, which was packed with fireworks and gasoline jugs, he exchanged fire with an armed security guard before eventually fatally shooting himself after becoming stuck in the blazing vehicle.

Meanwhile: the memes are flowing like wine.

When Iranians find out the new Ayatollah is gay: https://t.co/q0CydPcUGv pic.twitter.com/Q5gOY9z2mM
— Prison Mitch (@Prisonmitch) March 16, 2026

https://t.co/9vJnat3Edy pic.twitter.com/jWBehB5UG6
— Silent Memejority (@memejority) March 16, 2026

Ayatollah Khamenei and his son circa 1987: pic.twitter.com/iCZZl1ea2B
— Makaveli Memez (@MakaveliMemez) March 16, 2026

IM CANDACE OWENS, WE RIDE AT DAWN AHHHH! pic.twitter.com/GD092vStVi
— Baddie (@tinfoilbaddie) March 15, 2026

Unrelated:

The president of "Ireland" decided to honor the holiday by... praising immigrants.

Now, the story she'll tell is that she's praising Irish emigrants into other lands.

And if you believe that, I've got a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow to sell you.

She's talking about immigrants coming to Ireland, not emigrants leaving Ireland to settle in America.

The president of Ireland does not represent the majority of Irish people, this is a pathetic St. Patrick’s Day address. They can’t help but turn it into a pro immigration open boarders opportunity. https://t.co/elA6bBWHoU
— Elaine Mullally ☘️ (@mullallyelaine) March 16, 2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Mohammad!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 I like the joke I saw that went, "it used to be called the Strait of Muz, until your mom went through it."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 16, 2026 06:32 PM (HXT0k)

2 The Straight of FAFO.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 16, 2026 06:33 PM (XMwZJ)

3 I have no doubt that Saint Patrick had greater love for the native Irish people than their new President has.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2026 06:36 PM (ZCxQ+)

4 Troy had Helen

Kharg has Mohita

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2026 06:37 PM (2GVsD)

5 The only thing I don’t like about Trump’s messaging is suggesting that the Strait is closed and needs opening. It is mostly open. Iran has almost no more missiles and is reduced to farting in the general direction and throwing goat anuses at passing ships, like some Monty Python skit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 16, 2026 06:38 PM (iDgW+)

6 Ireland's President needs a shillelagh to the head.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2026 06:39 PM (2GVsD)

7 I’d guess the MEU is a diversion (temporary)- while the enemy is looking east, Marines already in theater and airborne rangers will take Kharg after Delta/Seals land first and scout/eliminate remaining defenses. The MEU will then arrive/relieve the initial force to garrison/defend.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 06:40 PM (IX8iX)

8 >>>After crashing his car, which was packed with fireworks and gasoline jugs, he exchanged fire with an armed security guard before eventually fatally shooting himself after becoming stuck in the blazing vehicle.

I love a happy ending.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 16, 2026 06:40 PM (dK+Kv)

9 >>.5 The only thing I don’t like about Trump’s messaging is suggesting that the Strait is closed and needs opening. It is mostly open. Iran has almost no more missiles and is reduced to farting in the general direction and throwing goat anuses at passing ships, like some Monty Python skit.

well they're trying to drive up the cost of oil by threatening the strait. they have no hope of surviving except by engineering a popular opinion crisis for trump.

Posted by: ace at March 16, 2026 06:40 PM (1wjle)

10 I doubt you will find a single member of hezbollah that doesn't have family in Dearbornistan.

Posted by: garrett at March 16, 2026 06:41 PM (erF49)

11 I'm liking this collection of memes.

And the Quick Hits was one of the best for a long time running.

You're on a roll today, Ace.

Posted by: the lower depths at March 16, 2026 06:41 PM (GSy5R)

12 Even the drunkest, horniest leprechaun wouldn’t fuck that Irish Karen president with a stolen dick with thrusting provided by Troubles UK soldiers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 16, 2026 06:41 PM (iDgW+)

13 i can't stop smiling at the Trump "Gaaaah" memes

Posted by: ace at March 16, 2026 06:41 PM (1wjle)

14 Ireland has become stupid and gay which upsets my hillbilly sensibility. I yearn for the good ole days when we of Irish descent were proudly seen as merely drunk and angry.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 16, 2026 06:41 PM (nHXB4)

15 "eventually fatally shooting himself after becoming stuck in the blazing vehicle.

I love a happy ending.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon"

Did the fireworks go off? Please tell me yes.

Posted by: fd at March 16, 2026 06:42 PM (vFG9F)

16 Ghazi's American 'spouse' needs investigation for marriage fraud.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2026 06:42 PM (2GVsD)

17 Sorry, I mean the Strait of America.

Why does Strait of America have a bend like Clinton's peen?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2026 06:43 PM (NcUvK)

18 Also, I submit if we seize it we own it by right of conquest. At the very least hold in escrow for the Iranian people and take a percentage to offset the costs of war and running it until paid off.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 06:43 PM (IX8iX)

19 Mohita going off the building is probably thinking, "I wonder if the ground will be a friend."

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2026 06:43 PM (2GVsD)

20 But he's putting together a coalition to seize it and open the Strait of Hormuz.

But then we can't have our proxies attack it because every country that wants oil will have skin in the game and wipe us out!

Posted by: The CIA at March 16, 2026 06:43 PM (rJjpq)

21 After crashing his car, which was packed with fireworks and gasoline jugs, he exchanged fire with an armed security guard before eventually fatally shooting himself after becoming stuck in the blazing vehicle.

I love a happy ending.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 16, 2026 06:40 PM (dK+Kv)

***

*wipes tear*
That's beautiful, man!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2026 06:44 PM (2WIwB)

22 Even the drunkest, horniest leprechaun wouldn’t fuck that Irish Karen president with a stolen dick with thrusting provided by Troubles UK soldiers.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 16, 2026 06:41 PM

Ah, don't know much about leprechauns, do ye, laddie?

Posted by: Peevish McKnob at March 16, 2026 06:44 PM (0sNs1)

23 The only thing I don’t like about Trump’s messaging is suggesting that the Strait is closed and needs opening. It is mostly open. Iran has almost no more missiles and is reduced to farting in the general direction and throwing goat anuses at passing ships, like some Monty Python skit.

well they're trying to drive up the cost of oil by threatening the strait. they have no hope of surviving except by engineering a popular opinion crisis for trump.
Posted by: ace at March 16, 2026 06:40 PM (1wjle
——

Yes, I agree. Hence my thinking that Trump is playing into their hands a bit by suggesting they have shut it down. Iran can’t close a toilet.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 16, 2026 06:44 PM (iDgW+)

24 i can't stop smiling at the Trump "Gaaaah" memes

Posted by: ace at March 16, 2026 06:41 PM (1wjle)

I remember when that first came out and the left tried to use it to shame the right that he was making fun of some disabled reporter or something and all they got out of us was lolgfy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 16, 2026 06:44 PM (dK+Kv)

25 *wipes tear*
That's beautiful, man!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2026 06:44 PM (2WIwB)

*nods, knowingly*

Posted by: The Kurgan at March 16, 2026 06:45 PM (dK+Kv)

26 I canceled a golf trip to Ireland because of the immigration situation. Probably too cautious, but if it avoids one sand trap...

Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2026 06:46 PM (2WIwB)

27 Kharg Island is off the left side of that map.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 16, 2026 06:46 PM (/lPRQ)

28
The straits will have to remain open for traffic. That's a given. We're stuck with that, now.

The destruction we've wreaked already on Kharg Island might have to be repaired - if lower fuel prices in the West and a semblance of an economy for Iran are a priority. I don't think they're critical factors, though I'm not in charge, so who cares?

An American military presence on the island would be effectively permanent. It would invite attacks on US military and private sector personnel by the mainland sandmaggots. It's a flashpoint.

My inclination would be to maintain the naval presence and just menace the Island from the sea until these people do or do not get their shit together.

That naval presence is a needful thing in any event, and it can probably achieve the objective without committing troops, even in that limited area.

My $0.02.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 16, 2026 06:46 PM (BI5O2)

29 Ireland needs St. Patrick to come back and drive out the snakes again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2026 06:47 PM (2GVsD)

30 27 Kharg Island is off the left side of that map.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 16, 2026 06:46 PM (/lPRQ)

Kharg sounds like some Japanese monster.. Odd name...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 16, 2026 06:47 PM (VE6XX)

31 Tousi going live at 7:00.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 16, 2026 06:47 PM (/lPRQ)

32 Willowed: Total electric black out in Cuber. The whole friggin' island.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 16, 2026 06:48 PM (cxFcK)

33 Isn’t Kharg some b-list Marvel villain?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 16, 2026 06:48 PM (iDgW+)

34 I saw a video from the 1990s where Trump talked about how we should take this island, I'm not even joking.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2026 06:48 PM (PYyV9)

35 Kharg - another name for smegma

Kirk yelled "Kkhhaaannn!!!!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2026 06:48 PM (2GVsD)

36 32 Willowed: Total electric black out in Cuber. The whole friggin' island.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 16, 2026 06:48 PM (cxFcK)

Don't they have any generators ? Oh yeah... They don't have any gas... Sucks to be them...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 16, 2026 06:49 PM (VE6XX)

37 Ireland and Scotland used to be the fighters. Check out the American south .
Now Ireland and Scotland are vying for the French title of leading Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 16, 2026 06:50 PM (YsPj+)

38 Khargira - the world's only oil powered kaiju

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2026 06:50 PM (2GVsD)

39 I hereby propose we name Kish Island to Mish Island. All those in favor say ‘Aye’. All opposed say ‘I’m too gay even to be ayatollah’.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 16, 2026 06:50 PM (nHXB4)

40 Trump is doing this to prove how worthless and pointless other (especially EU) countries are. I would expect Japan and maybe Korea to answer but who knows. Europe is neutered.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 16, 2026 06:50 PM (cxFcK)

41 Any actual news on MookTard in Iran, or is he still MIA?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 16, 2026 06:51 PM (IG3/x)

42 Kharg Island is deeper in the gulf, across from Kuwait. But the Strait of America has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 16, 2026 06:51 PM (M9gjJ)

43 Isn’t Kharg some b-list Marvel villain?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 16, 2026 06:48 PM (iDgW+)

Wasn't he Fat Thor's gaming buddy in one of the Avenger's movies?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 16, 2026 06:51 PM (dK+Kv)

44 The next sound you hear will be the euroweenies screaming as they realize PDT just put their nuts /tits in a vice and has started squeezing over what oil is going to cost them.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2026 06:51 PM (+nEug)

45 My inclination would be to maintain the naval presence and just menace the Island from the sea until these people do or do not get their shit together.

That naval presence is a needful thing in any event, and it can probably achieve the objective without committing troops, even in that limited area.

My $0.02.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 16, 2026 06:46 PM (BI5O2)

***

Helping people get their shit together is exactly what SOF troops do. A 10 person A Team can train a battalion of indigenous troops. All they need is a bit of time, a place, and equipment. They can also advise defecting army units. This needs to start happening soon.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2026 06:51 PM (2WIwB)

46 > Now Ireland and Scotland are vying for the French title of leading Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 16, 2026 06:50 PM (YsPj+)

All the ones with a measurable testosterone level left a century or two ago.

See also: Scandinavia. Once they were friggin' Vikings.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 16, 2026 06:52 PM (IG3/x)

47 Dear Mr. President. Will Trump Kharg Island Casino and Resort have Keno? We seniors on a limited budget love Keno. And cutie Keno girls that can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 16, 2026 06:52 PM (gm9Sb)

48 We carved a canal through Panama.

We should just widen the Strait by 30 more miles. Dump the dirt on Seattle.

Posted by: sifty boones at March 16, 2026 06:53 PM (9t72F)

49 Is that Ozzie's kid with Frank Vincent?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 16, 2026 06:53 PM (YsPj+)

50 Isn’t Kharg some b-list Marvel villain?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 16, 2026 06:48 PM (iDgW+)

Wasn't he Fat Thor's gaming buddy in one of the Avenger's movies?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 16, 2026 06:51 PM (dK+Kv
—-/

I thought Kharg was some alien weirdo who looked like a fluffer for hentai tentacle porn? My marvel knowledge is … not extensive.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 16, 2026 06:54 PM (iDgW+)

51 There were no snakes in Ireland. It was the Druids and fags that he cast out.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 16, 2026 06:54 PM (d6BF2)

52 Kharg sounds like a Klingon name

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 16, 2026 06:54 PM (YsPj+)

53 I thought Kharg was some alien weirdo who looked like a fluffer for hentai tentacle porn? My marvel knowledge is … not extensive.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 16, 2026 06:54 PM (iDgW+)

I defer.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 16, 2026 06:54 PM (dK+Kv)

54 The Strait is going to be a moot point in another week.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2026 06:56 PM (+nEug)

55 Yeah, the straits are open. As some here know, Mrs has worked in oil and gas marine scheduling worldwide for a quarter century plus. Whatever happened yesterday allowed a number of vessels to get underway on their own power...

The "shortage" is over. If it ever was...

Posted by: man at March 16, 2026 06:56 PM (XuXeR)

56 Is that Ozzie's kid with Frank Vincent?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 16, 2026 06:53 PM (YsPj+)

Negasonic Teenage Warhead is Ozzie's kid?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 16, 2026 06:56 PM (dK+Kv)

57 The Khamenei and son Sopranos meme LOL.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 16, 2026 06:56 PM (Oiv2s)

58 Now I know that Ireland's new president is an angry, embittered Karen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 16, 2026 06:56 PM (8DR9B)

59 Kharg, son of Brand, son of Bard. Lord of Laketown.

I think there was something in this cigar.

Posted by: sifty boones at March 16, 2026 06:57 PM (9t72F)

60 tentacle hentai?

Oh, Krang from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2026 06:57 PM (2GVsD)

61 I wouldn't be surprised one bit if in the next week or so some Special Forces were dropped on Kharg Island followed up by a detachment of Marines to hold the island.

It seems like an obvious next move to checkmate the IRGC.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 16, 2026 06:57 PM (6ydKt)

62 I wouldn't be surprised one bit if in the next week or so some Special Forces were dropped on Kharg Island followed up by a detachment of Marines to hold the island.

It seems like an obvious next move to checkmate the IRGC.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 16, 2026 06:57 PM (6ydKt)

They should use real heroes.

Teachers.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 16, 2026 06:58 PM (dK+Kv)

63 I'm not saying we should put Buc-ees in charge of Kharg Island, but it should be examined.

Posted by: sifty boones at March 16, 2026 06:58 PM (9t72F)

64 idk how much "control" of the strait the IRGC still has, but from the viewpoint that Iran is cornered and will do as much terrorism damage as possible on the way out, it seems possible they are still a threat to at least American/Jewish and allies ships.

Or maybe Trump is trying to gather a "coalition of the willing" or some such, idk. There is still some threat as seen in the insurance costs. Trump said he would have USA (or its insurers?) provide the needed insurance coverage at a reasonable rate.

(other "conspiracy" folks think this is about UK/England control of oil in the area, established under BP in the early 1900s. They think this is a final resolution that started with out revolutionary war. I have not sussed that out just yet).

Posted by: illiniwek at March 16, 2026 06:58 PM (vbXSk)

65 On Sunday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One he "demands" that NATO countries and other oil-importing nations -- including China -- help the U.S. secure the strait.
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I wonder if this is all a headfake to move on to whatever he wants to do, once they all turn him down. Because I doubt China is going to militarily support us under any circumstances.

Posted by: Methos at March 16, 2026 06:59 PM (vSvIl)

66 There was Kang, Kodos’s buddy on the Simpsons.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 16, 2026 06:59 PM (nHXB4)

67 The only way American boots should be on that island is to take a bunch of pictures that our loyal press will plaster everywhere, spend maybe 30 minutes setting up Rock Ridge level decoys, then bug out to a safe location to watch the IRGC blow up their own stuff.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 16, 2026 06:59 PM (w/O5Q)

68 61- I agree- see 7

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 06:59 PM (IX8iX)

69 Trump is doing this to prove how worthless and pointless other (especially EU) countries are. I would expect Japan and maybe Korea to answer but who knows. Europe is neutered.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

You'd think Chyna would say, "Fuck Yeah, be right there!" So they protect their own shipments and observe others' navies.
But their junk sank in the open ocean.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 16, 2026 06:59 PM (/lPRQ)

70
Karg Island?

Marco, come up with some new names, we need new names, nobody wants to board a Trump Cruise, very luxurious, really the best, at a place that sounds like somebody's coughing, right Marco? Tie it in to the Trump International Cruise Terminal in Havana, I know you're working on that.

Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at March 16, 2026 06:59 PM (Al4HM)

71 tentacle hentai?

Oh, Krang from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2026 06:57 PM (2GVs

——

Oh yea, maybe that’s it. In my dork days I wasn’t into comics. I played D&D.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 16, 2026 07:00 PM (iDgW+)

72 Don't they have any generators ? Oh yeah... They don't have any gas... Sucks to be them...
Posted by: It's me donna

If they knew how to farm, they could raise sugarcane. Then they could make 171 run to run generators

Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2026 07:00 PM (NcUvK)

73 An effective strategy to defeat Iran is prima facie evil!

Posted by: C. Tarlson at March 16, 2026 07:00 PM (Of8K8)

74 67.

I like the way you think.

Posted by: sifty boones at March 16, 2026 07:00 PM (9t72F)

75 In related news, the terrorist who tried to blow up a synagogue full of Jewish children was the brother of a Hezballah terror-commander killed by the Israelis in Gaza.

A couple of things: the guy got an immigrant visa to the United States on the basis he was getting married to a US citizen, but was living alone.

So, what happened to the wife? It would not surprise me in the slightest if this was a fake marriage to get him into the US.

We also need to determine - stat - who else in the US is related to Hezbollah commanders, and have them have a little chat with the FBI indicating that they are being watched, and so they can be put into preventive detention if there are more incidents like this.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 16, 2026 07:01 PM (n1OCj)

76 Why can't the Cubios just erect windmills to fully power their communist paradise?

Posted by: sifty boones at March 16, 2026 07:01 PM (9t72F)

77 >>> I wonder if this is all a headfake to move on to whatever he wants to do, once they all turn him down. Because I doubt China is going to militarily support us under any circumstances.
Posted by: Methos at March 16, 2026 06:59 PM (vSvIl)

I believe the implied threat is if we are acting on our own we might need to shut off/embargo all of Iran’s oil exports including those to china.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 16, 2026 07:02 PM (nHXB4)

78 We have always been at war with the Kargs.

Posted by: The Args at March 16, 2026 07:02 PM (vFG9F)

79 67- I don’t think the Iranians are in any position to launch an amphibious attack across 20 miles of open water (or even to reinforce/assess battle damage there now after the bombing). That’s a lot of time to spend being open targets of a10 strafing.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 07:03 PM (IX8iX)

80 banana Dream, go collect your 200 dollars.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2026 07:03 PM (+nEug)

81 Not I, said the Japs
Not I, said the Micks
Not I, said the Krauts
Not I, said the Frogs

Posted by: Henny Penny's Naval Armada at March 16, 2026 07:03 PM (8DR9B)

82 "I don’t think the Iranians are in any position to launch an amphibious attack across 20 miles of open water'

I heard they have a sub marine fleet.

Posted by: fd at March 16, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)

83 If Oman isn't onboard 100%, shit could get dicey.

There's really no incentive for them not to be. Unless: crazy muslim.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 16, 2026 07:04 PM (M9gjJ)

84 So the Irish replaced their open borders grinning dwarf with an open borders frowning Karen. Well done laddies!

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at March 16, 2026 07:05 PM (wGerL)

85 82 I think the proper term is “artificial reef”

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 07:06 PM (IX8iX)

86 Ireland is fooked. From the comments mentioining their recent presidential election results it sounded like Ireland uses ranked choice voting? Is that correct?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 16, 2026 07:06 PM (cWLG3)

87 You'd think Chyna would say, "Fuck Yeah, be right there!" So they protect their own shipments and observe others' navies.
But their junk sank in the open ocean.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 16, 2026 06:59 PM (/lPRQ)
----
It's definitely a demonstration of how feckless and weak every other naval power is on Earth compared to the United States.

We are the ONLY nation that can project and maintain power of this level for any length of time.

Most other nations can barely project power into international waters beyond their own shorelines.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 16, 2026 07:06 PM (ESVrU)

88 If Oman isn't onboard 100%, shit could get dicey.

There's really no incentive for them not to be. Unless: crazy muslim.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Oman Oman Oman

Posted by: Bart Simpson at March 16, 2026 07:06 PM (Al4HM)

89 In short, if I had to pick our objectives, they'd be the following, in descending order, and if we could achieve even a third of them, and I'd call it a win:

Denial of cheap energy for China

An end to nuclear threats by Iran

An end to Iran's proxy armies in other countries

Clear seas for Middle Eastern trade

An end to religious rule of Iran

A rapprochement with Israel

A rapprochement with Sunni states & minorities

Some form of representative government in Iran

Respect for individual life & rights in Iran

PS, maybe they could stop supplying Putin with drones, but everyone's gotta have a job, so let's put a pin in it

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 16, 2026 07:07 PM (BI5O2)

90 Candace Owens: We ride at dawn!
Gay Khamenei: Side saddle, right?
Candace: Anything for my benefactor!

Posted by: Wally at March 16, 2026 07:07 PM (zG4BR)

91 Don't take those Iranian submarines too deep now.

Posted by: Zombie Stockton Rush at March 16, 2026 07:07 PM (8DR9B)

92 Sorry, I mean the Strait of America.

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Should name it Trump Strait (Unlike Iran Ghey).

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 16, 2026 07:07 PM (ndZc7)

93 Let's put some boots on the ground at Pasdaran HQ. That is ours anyway.

In accordance with Article 22 of the Vienna Convention of 1961.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 16, 2026 07:07 PM (hJH5n)

94 Ireland is fooked. From the comments mentioining their recent presidential election results it sounded like Ireland uses ranked choice voting? Is that correct?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

So

Options

Posted by: O'Murkowski at March 16, 2026 07:08 PM (Al4HM)

95 "I don’t think the Iranians are in any position to launch an amphibious attack across 20 miles of open water'

I heard they have a sub marine fleet.
Posted by: fd

They do. But they are sheltering in place.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2026 07:08 PM (NcUvK)

96 99 year lease. Money flows to Iran basedon compliance.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 16, 2026 07:08 PM (gQ15S)

97 What's the point of NATO?

Can't even send a couple of ships out of fear of their muslim invaders.

Posted by: Stateless at March 16, 2026 07:08 PM (Sco7b)

98 I thought Oman was a fancy Biblical term for self-abuse. EG- The new ayatollah likes to Oman to gay pron.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 07:09 PM (IX8iX)

99 The ability of people who hate their countries to become leaders of their countries is very strange. It's far too consistent across far too many countries to be a fluke.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 16, 2026 07:10 PM (Vh9CX)

100 You'd think Chyna would say, "Fuck Yeah, be right there!" So they protect their own shipments and observe others' navies.
But their junk sank in the open ocean.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 16, 2026 06:59 PM (/lPRQ)
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It's definitely a demonstration of how feckless and weak every other naval power is on Earth compared to the United States.

To be fair, that Chinese carrier fleet (a hodgpodge of two obsolete adoptees and one homegrown design clusterfuck) isn't somethin you'd want to send out on the open ocean.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 16, 2026 07:11 PM (8DR9B)

101 Has anyone asked the Khargians and Hormuzians who they want to support?

Posted by: Geography Bee at March 16, 2026 07:11 PM (oftw2)

102 Ireland is fooked. From the comments mentioining their recent presidential election results it sounded like Ireland uses ranked choice voting? Is that correct?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

The first real sign was when Ireland banned smoking in pubs. If you can't have a smoke with your drinks and mates, why spend time in a pub?

Then Irish pubs (!) started going out of business.

Posted by: Miklos noted that at the time at March 16, 2026 07:11 PM (Al4HM)

103 I am so sick of idiots that believe every stupid internet rumor.

Posted by: steevy at March 16, 2026 07:11 PM (YwEeS)

104 Fuck the Pope. Make Kharg Nestorian Again

Posted by: gKWVE at March 16, 2026 07:11 PM (gKWVE)

105 Not I, said the Japs
Not I, said the Micks
Not I, said the Krauts
Not I, said the Frogs
Posted by: Henny Penny's Naval Armada

Clogs and Krauts,
Frogs and Sprouts

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 16, 2026 07:11 PM (cxFcK)

106 97 What's the point of NATO?

Can't even send a couple of ships out of fear of their muslim invaders.

Posted by: Stateless at March 16, 2026 07:08 PM (Sco7b)

Invoke Article 5.

I'll show myself out. I know that NATO is on the official AoS Hate List.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 16, 2026 07:11 PM (hJH5n)

107 I assume they elected the Irish Harridan???

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2026 07:12 PM (pDt9x)

108 So maybe the Donald play is to show nato don't ride with us and this will be well planned straw to exit nato. Do it.

Posted by: kingsman at March 16, 2026 07:12 PM (ehY6c)

109 103- said Abraham Lincoln

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 07:12 PM (IX8iX)

110 Who here does not hate NATO?

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2026 07:12 PM (pDt9x)

111 Onan

Because he spilt his seed upon the ground.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 16, 2026 07:12 PM (Vh9CX)

112 107- endorsed! Europe for the Euroweenies!

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 07:13 PM (IX8iX)

113 111 Onan

Because he spilt his seed upon the ground.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 16, 2026 07:12 PM (Vh9CX)

Incompetent farmer.

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2026 07:14 PM (pDt9x)

114 Oman , nope Onan as in onanism; unfortunate premature ejaculation.

Posted by: kingsman at March 16, 2026 07:14 PM (ehY6c)

115 If Trump sends in the marines, he just shoved a bare-knuckled fist into the arse of Congress.

Remember; 90 days for the war powers resolution.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 16, 2026 07:14 PM (M9gjJ)

116 Onan

Because he spilt his seed upon the ground.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 16, 2026 07:12 PM (Vh9CX)

He did go on to produce a well-regarded line of electrical generators.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 16, 2026 07:14 PM (8DR9B)

117 111- potato/tomato

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 07:14 PM (IX8iX)

118 >>> Iran has almost no more missiles and is reduced to farting in the general direction and throwing goat anuses at passing ships, like some Monty Python skit.
Posted by: Elric The Blade --
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It's the insurance companies. Owners don't want to float trough the Hormuz w/out insurance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 16, 2026 07:14 PM (3ChHB)

119 America and Iran vs The European Islamic Union.

Probably by 2030.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2026 07:15 PM (AkEZC)

120 To be fair, that Chinese carrier fleet (a hodgpodge of two obsolete adoptees and one homegrown design clusterfuck) isn't somethin you'd want to send out on the open ocean.
Posted by: Cicero

Maybe Russia could lend them the tugs that used to accompany the Kuznetsov.

Posted by: Ever Helpful Miklos at March 16, 2026 07:15 PM (Al4HM)

121 I guess I should have socked as Yogi Berra you humorless pedants!

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 07:16 PM (IX8iX)

122 Because he spilt his seed upon the ground.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 16, 2026 07:12 PM (Vh9CX)

He did go on to produce a well-regarded line of electrical generators.
Posted by: Cicero

Check the ground on those

Posted by: Innocent Lil Miklos at March 16, 2026 07:16 PM (Al4HM)

123 Humorless Pedants opened for someone, surely

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2026 07:17 PM (pDt9x)

124 We ride at dawn? You mean, like a bike ride? Where exactly do you think you are going?

She is an absolute idiotic attention whore.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 16, 2026 07:17 PM (I40wl)

125 Ironic that the entire concept of insurance started because of this very thing, shipowners unwilling to risk losing their ships in wartime.

Posted by: steevy at March 16, 2026 07:17 PM (YwEeS)

126 Maybe Russia could lend them the tugs that used to accompany the Kuznetsov.
Posted by: Ever Helpful Miklos

Is the Kuznetsov the one burns old tires for power?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 16, 2026 07:17 PM (/lPRQ)

127 Wouldn’t it be funny (and well deserved) if Trump decided to put a US military base on Kharg Island.

Posted by: RebeccaH at March 16, 2026 07:17 PM (VFung)

128 13- at the Cow Palace in 83 almost assuredly

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 07:17 PM (IX8iX)

129 The ability of people who hate their countries to become leaders of their countries is very strange. It's far too consistent across far too many countries to be a fluke.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 16, 2026 07:10 PM (Vh9CX)

Leftardism breeds the lying backstabbing disloyalty needed to rise in party ranks. This is another way they have managed to put commies everywhere.

Posted by: ... at March 16, 2026 07:19 PM (vE0+H)

130 'She's talking about immigrants coming to Ireland, not emigrants leaving Ireland to settle in America.'

Irish leftists are a filthy pestilence. Take away all their potatoes.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 16, 2026 07:19 PM (fd80v)

131 105 Not I, said the Japs
Not I, said the Micks
Not I, said the Krauts
Not I, said the Frogs
Posted by: Henny Penny's Naval Armada

Clogs and Krauts,
Frogs and Sprouts
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
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Very good idea. We take the island, we take the strait, we take the oil. We have all the oil. We set the price.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 16, 2026 07:19 PM (3ChHB)

132 Onan

Because he spilt his seed upon the ground.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 16, 2026 07:12 PM (Vh9CX)

He did go on to produce a well-regarded line of electrical generators.
Posted by: Cicero

Oh, yes, Cummins. Very reliable.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 16, 2026 07:19 PM (a+4eV)

133 >>Ironic that the entire concept of insurance started because of this very thing, shipowners unwilling to risk losing their ships in wartime.

Jewish Bankers refusing to loan to Jewish Merchants until Jewish Insurance Agents would cover the cost of shipping during Jewish Wars.

*Tucker Laugh*

Posted by: garrett at March 16, 2026 07:20 PM (erF49)

134
After crashing his car, which was packed with fireworks and gasoline jugs, he exchanged fire with an armed security guard before eventually fatally shooting himself after becoming stuck in the blazing vehicle.

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When I first saw this reported, I wondered why he didn't detonate the 500 lb of explosive in the car. Now I know there weren't 500 lb of explosive in the car. There were sparklers and gas cans. What a sad feckless turd.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 16, 2026 07:21 PM (krI25)

135 '... the brother of a Hezballah terror-commander killed by the Israelis in Gaza.

Who the US let into this country, because we have a violent Fifth Column which is always recruiting new soldiers to attack us from within.'

Would that Trump and his administration put all the attention and effort into stomping the Fifth Column out and ensuring it never regain power.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 16, 2026 07:21 PM (fd80v)

136 Dawn, like with an oily duck?

Posted by: ... at March 16, 2026 07:21 PM (vE0+H)

137 132- heh

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 16, 2026 07:21 PM (IX8iX)

138 Well, technically St Patrick was an immigrant. Brought there by Irish pirates. He escaped and eventually came back (at the behest of God) to Ireland - so immigrant again. Too bad a bunch of the snakes got back in, in the last 30 years.

Posted by: GWB at March 16, 2026 07:21 PM (WMMXg)

139 Oh, yes, Cummins. Very reliable.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 16, 2026 07:19 PM (a+4eV)

Judges would have also accepted "Tecumseh"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 16, 2026 07:22 PM (Ot/FD)

140 Not only was Jasmine Crockette’s security guy impersonating police but he was driving around in a car with stolen USG plates and he set up a fraudulent business using fake ids to get get legitimate police working for him off duty.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 16, 2026 07:22 PM (nHXB4)

141 Unfortunately for the Iranians, Walter Cronkite is dead. (And good riddance, asswipe.)

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 16, 2026 07:22 PM (XMwZJ)

142 Ore-Cafe time at the HQ is sort of a Remains of the Day time. Flotsam, and jetsam.

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2026 07:23 PM (pDt9x)

143 Pre, not Ore. See what I mean. Maybe everyone is getting drunk.

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2026 07:24 PM (pDt9x)

144 124 We ride at dawn? You mean, like a bike ride? Where exactly do you think you are going?

She is an absolute idiotic attention whore.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 16, 2026 07:17 PM (I40wl)

Charge of the Neckbeard Brigade.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 16, 2026 07:24 PM (Ot/FD)

145 129 The ability of people who hate their countries to become leaders of their countries is very strange. It's far too consistent across far too many countries to be a fluke.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

They consider themselves Big and Important Citizens of the World, not puny little citizens of some puny little country.

Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2026 07:24 PM (Q+gd/)

146 America and Iran vs The European Islamic Union.

Probably by 2030.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2026 07:15 PM (AkEZC)

Not even a joke

Posted by: ... at March 16, 2026 07:24 PM (vE0+H)

147 The Arabs call it the "Arabian Gulf," not the Persian Gulf, which is a level of petty rivalry I can appreciate.

Posted by: the dandy at March 16, 2026 07:24 PM (8l8nW)

148 So I'm looking at Google Map of Kharg Island, and I click on something called Continental Shelf Pier, and up pops a picture of a Dollar General. On Kharg Island. I believe somebody is messing with the maps.... lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 16, 2026 07:24 PM (I40wl)

149 The ability of people who hate their countries to become leaders of their countries is very strange. It's far too consistent across far too many countries to be a fluke.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen threatens to defund the military during an active operation in Iran.
VAN HOLLEN: "The best tool we have is to say no more dollars."

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Not that he's an anti-American, Islamic terrorist loving scumbag or anything.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 16, 2026 07:24 PM (ndZc7)

150 We ride at dawn
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(read: We tweet from bed)

(I liked that one)

Posted by: ... at March 16, 2026 07:25 PM (vE0+H)

151 When I first saw this reported, I wondered why he didn't detonate the 500 lb of explosive in the car. Now I know there weren't 500 lb of explosive in the car. There were sparklers and gas cans. What a sad feckless turd.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Forgot his punk, and the lighter too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 16, 2026 07:25 PM (/lPRQ)

152 148 So I'm looking at Google Map of Kharg Island, and I click on something called Continental Shelf Pier, and up pops a picture of a Dollar General. On Kharg Island. I believe somebody is messing with the maps.... lol.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 16, 2026 07:24 PM (I40wl)

Buccees would have been nice

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2026 07:25 PM (pDt9x)

153 Nood cafe

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 16, 2026 07:25 PM (u73oe)

154 Trump is delaying his scheduled trip to China "by a month or so."

"Because of the war, I want to be here. I have to be here, I feel."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 16, 2026 07:25 PM (6ydKt)

155 Posted by: tcn in AK at March 16, 2026 07:24 PM (I40wl

LMAO

Posted by: ... at March 16, 2026 07:26 PM (vE0+H)

156 Chinese markets in turmoil.

The Dhow is underwater for the third day in a row.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 16, 2026 07:26 PM (Ot/FD)

157
140 Not only was Jasmine Crockette’s security guy impersonating police but he was driving around in a car with stolen USG plates and he set up a fraudulent business using fake ids to get get legitimate police working for him off duty.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 16, 2026 07:22 PM

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Keepin' it real. By keepin' it fake. Sister Jasmine has nothing to regret, she can hold her head high, nostrils flared.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 16, 2026 07:26 PM (krI25)

158 138 Well, technically St Patrick was an immigrant. Brought there by Irish pirates. He escaped and eventually came back (at the behest of God) to Ireland - so immigrant again. Too bad a bunch of the snakes got back in, in the last 30 years.
Posted by: GWB at March 16, 2026 07:21 PM (WMMXg)

Dad joke, from my dad: St. Patrick chased all the snakes out of Alaska, too.

Well? Do you see any snakes in Alaska?

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 16, 2026 07:26 PM (I40wl)

159 ----------

When I first saw this reported, I wondered why he didn't detonate the 500 lb of explosive in the car. Now I know there weren't 500 lb of explosive in the car. There were sparklers and gas cans. What a sad feckless turd.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Someone mentioned a long ago interview with a top Israeli official. The interviewer marveled at their ability to always one off the enemy. The official replied, first you must consider our adversary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 16, 2026 07:26 PM (3ChHB)

160 We hide at dawn!
- Britain, France, Germany

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 16, 2026 07:26 PM (ndZc7)

161 He doesn't even need boots on the ground very long on Kharg. Go in, turn off the spicket, make sure the island is vacated, then leave. Blow up any ship trying to come back.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2026 07:28 PM (n5tGW)

162 So I'm looking at Google Map of Kharg Island, and I click on something called Continental Shelf Pier, and up pops a picture of a Dollar General. On Kharg Island. I believe somebody is messing with the maps.... lol.
Posted by: tcn in AK

There are some odd 'pins' on those maps.
I think one had the London Eye on it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 16, 2026 07:29 PM (/lPRQ)

163 -------

Keepin' it real. By keepin' it fake. Sister Jasmine has nothing to regret, she can hold her head high, nostrils flared.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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She was taken advantage of...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 16, 2026 07:29 PM (3ChHB)

164 The leaders of Ireland since the Tudors have been kissing the English and stabbing their neighbors in the back.

The Irish know they have no greater foe than the fella that used to live down the block and now gets a government paycheck

Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2026 07:30 PM (rbvCR)

165 99
'The ability of people who hate their countries to become leaders of their countries is very strange. It's far too consistent across far too many countries to be a fluke.'

I couldn't have put this any better. It was baffling to me until I started applying a conspiratorial schema to it. There is an organized effort.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 16, 2026 07:30 PM (fd80v)

166
Hey, Madam President of Ireland, St. Patrick's Day celebrates PATRICK, not the snakes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 16, 2026 07:32 PM (y2OcL)

167 How about that. The Irish have elected another cranky old man who shouts at clouds.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2026 07:34 PM (RIvkX)

168 This could be misdirection; it makes more strategic sense to seize those other islands in the straits. Kharg is psychologically important, but taking it will invite Iran to start shooting missiles into it. Big mess.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 16, 2026 07:35 PM (Li94Y)

169 Dad joke, from my dad: St. Patrick chased all the snakes out of Alaska, too.

Well? Do you see any snakes in Alaska?
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 16, 2026 07:26 PM (I40wl)
Snow snakes. Travel in pairs. One holds you down and the other packs snow up you ass. Very dangerous.

Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2026 07:37 PM (LHPAg)

170 Flotsam, and jetsam.
Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2026 07:23 PM (pDt9x)

Saw them live in Denver some years ago. A really good, underrated metal band.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 16, 2026 07:53 PM (0aYVJ)

171 I like how Trump calls these lazy assholes to account.

My guess is the U.S. Navy could absolutely secure the straight themselves. But...why? The rest of the world has fucking ships. They are the ones that need to oil. Let them secure it.

It's about teaching these people that THEY need to fight for things that matter as well.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 16, 2026 08:04 PM (HRH9e)

172 It's definitely a demonstration of how feckless and weak every other naval power is on Earth compared to the United States. We are the ONLY nation that can project and maintain power of this level for any length of time. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 16, 2026 07:06 PM (ESVrU)

I think that is exactly the point the U.S. is making - they NEED us. Hence all the petty bullshit needs to stop. We ask for a 10% tariff, well, that pays for us taking out the trash and keeping the peace. For a long time, every country on Earth looked at the U.S. as Uncle Sugar and a weak mark. I love the idea of being on call - but making it clear, it is going to cost you something to have us do this sort of stuff.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 16, 2026 08:12 PM (HRH9e)

173 I expect in week 3 we'll be starting to just bounce the rubble.

Half the ships can be sent home. The rest are just on alert, ready to strike if Iran gets frisky. They we just let Iran...simmer for a bit. Supply weapons and intelligence to any rebels that pop up. But otherwise just observe. And strike the IRGC whenever hey poke their heads out.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 16, 2026 08:16 PM (HRH9e)

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