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Trump: "I have ordered the Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), putting mines in the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine 'sweepers' are clearing the Strait right now"

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I thought it was sealed up tight? This guy doesn’t have any idea what’s actually going on there. This is the same guy that thought immigrants were eating cats and dogs in America.

So much for the Strait of Hormuz blockade. Lloyd's List shows 26 Iranian shadow fleet ships bypassed it since April 13, while only 5 were stopped. Even commercial vessels are just going "dark" to sneak through. The blockade is barely a suggestion at this point.

“There is to be no hesitation” sounds like something Hitler probably said. Trump is a psychopath and I’m so over his diva fucking bullshit

For those playing along at home, one cannot "triple up activity" of clearing explosive ordinance unless you want friendly causalities. It's something that sounds like it was written by a 12 year old.

Iran can probably replace mines as fast as they are removed. For every measure, there is a countermeasure, and Iran's countermeasures are a lot less costly than our measures. You can tell this war wasn't thought through.

Well, he (the US) doesn’t have the mine sweepers needed for clearing that waterway so I guess they will be blowing up a lot of boats in the next few weeks. Thanks America for this huge fucking mess you created for NO articulated reason other than falling for Nuthinyahoos insane sales pitch.

From what I understand, things are usually more complicated than what we see on the surface, with a mix of political, military, and strategic factors at play.. I just hope things de-escalate soon and that efforts shift toward actually stabilizing the situation instead of making it worse.

I wish the Navy would take care of America's biggest threat: #SenileTraitorTrump. Years ago (60's), my uncle was Captain of the nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise. His son was a Navy fighter pilot Over Viet Nam. In high school, we were pen pals. When I went to college, I protested the war.

Why didnt he just say that he was going to use the 159 small ships as "mine sweepers" but having their hulls looking for mines as they go down? That would have been a hit with his cult. I really should be writing for the right wing networks.

What was stopping us from opening the Straight before then? Wasn't there some kind of threat to our minesweepers preventing the Navy from doing this already? Oh well, I can't remember so it's probably not important.

But how could they know? They just got rid of the secretary of the navy, who might have been able to tell them, if he was the least bit competent. Maybe he did tell them and that's why he's now gone.