It’s hard to blame woke DEI when the military is losing a war because of the straits.

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The latest White House thinking on the Strait of Hormuz.

POWELL

JEFFERSON

WHERE IS THE FUCKING RATE CUTS

This is basically the crux of my argument for a project for my friends @liberalcurrents.com not having a defense policy is not a defense policy

Tired: Russia breaking NATO

Wired: United States breaking NATO

Inspired: IRGC version of lnfantrydort breaking NATO

This is not true at all lmfao, Republicans were literally using MacArthur to take potshots at Truman at every opportunity

“Air power cannot win conflict alone, you know who can, the Special Forces”

Anzio x Galliopli x Salerno = Hormuz boogaloo

*stares in Guadalcanal*

Weren’t they having pretty significant reserve dodging problems? Where are they going to get the manpower for this?

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

I HAVE NEVER AGREED TO LIVING IN INTERESTING TIMES

*sobs*

Francis was right

>it is 2020s
>the Russians are mired in a big war against a neighbor
>there's a tanker war in the Hormuz strait
>US ships are firing at Iran
>the USN realizes it's MCM capabilities are completely inadequate after years of under investments
>Trump is talking about taking Kharg Island

>it is the 1980s
>the Russians are mired in a big war against a neighbor
>there's a tanker war in the Hormuz strait
>US ships are firing at Iran
>the USN realizes it's MCM capabilities are completely inadequate after years of under investments
>Trump is talking about taking Kharg Island

Does anyone even *want* Trump to pivot to Asia at this point?

the pivot to asia had no domestic constituency

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man.

@deadder.bsky.social

HERE WE FUCKING GO!!!

To infinity and your mom!

hand up for me on this as well.

I was pro-legalization for a bunch of reasons that were naive in retrospect and I sent way too many "I'm betting on an obscure sporting event 🤪🤪🤪 and you can too!" posts

I didn't anticipate how quickly gambling would rot through everything it touched

The “can this be a solution” to the straight of Hormuz meme, but it’s the trolly problem.

Vietnam was a catastrophe and there were objectively smart people in charge. I’m sure this will go great with the dumbest secdef in history who got the job because Trump thinks he looks good on tv and is good at blowing the sun up the president’s ass

And before you fucking start “smart” does not mean “morally praiseworthy”

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I know what happened, but still...

Iran: "We will allow ships through the Strait of Hormuz if the oil on board is traded in Chinese yuan."

China, which is trying to deflate its currency amid economic troubles: "OMG STFU"

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