• Gork@sopuli.xyz
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      Does anybody really believe that? Or that only he can determine if Iran has unconditionally surrendered?

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    Well if this doesn’t cause oil to skyrocket then nothing will.

    Glad I still have my EV, now if I can just find a pallet of solar panels.

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    Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: ‘This operation will result in lower gas prices in the long term.’

    This is only if they manage to occupy Iran. After murdering their children, and treasonously backing out of TWO working nuclear deals, there’s not a snowball’s chance on the sun that Iranians will ever trust the US or the West again. Even then, we would just literally be stealing their natural resources.

    What happened to this being about blocking their nuclear program? Now that the price of oil has doubled, they just pivot to “prices will fall once we take their oil”? These people can’t even lie convincingly. They can’t plan or orchestrate a war against a lesser force with the most powerful military ever conceived. As of now, the US Navy cannot secure the Straight of Hormuz. How long will it take to end the conflict and de-mine the entire strait?

    Democrats need to HAMMER this home: Trump’s war costs EXACTLY this much at the pump, every day. There needs to be a ticker on every news broadcast showing live gas prices around the nation.

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      is there any point? it’s clear now Muricans will do nothing meaningful to fight this regime

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      And even then, can’t the US military detect them and blow them up? Or have cheap drones patrolling ahead of ships to trigger them?

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        I’m not sure the insurance companies will pay out when someone loses a quarter billion dollar freighter plus cargo and associated personnel in a warzone when they come back with “but we put a cheap drone out front just to check for mines” lol