Iran war is cooking along nicely - V2.0

[tacnet]

I think the main question is what's Trump trying to distract us from this time ???

Oh yeah, he's just been ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million for sexually assaulting her. Time to change the headlines again

[NSWDave]

I think the main question is what's Trump trying to distract us from this time ???

Oh yeah, he's just been ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million for sexually assaulting her. Time to change the headlines again

Is Iran in for another two and half years of periodic bombing?

[Russ]

Round 3 of strikes in past few days.

[greatpornlinks]

We are striking them again today, the forever war is happening in one more mid east country

[TheButcher]

The war is back on if you ask me.

Trump posted on his truth Social that he is putting the naval blackade back on and going to charge ships 20% to pass through the straits.

"Donald Trump says the US is reinstating its blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, beginning "immediately"

In a post on Truth Social, he says commercial vessels will be charged "at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped" but does not explain how this would work

Earlier, Iran's military said it won't allow the US to "interfere in the management" of the key shipping route

Meanwhile, the US and Iran have continued to exchange strikes- US Central Command (Centcom) said overnight that it had "completed" its latest round of strikes in Iran, in response to Iran"


https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy30p89rlgt

[Terry]

The war is back on if you ask me.

Trump posted on his truth Social that he is putting the naval blackade back on and going to charge ships 20% to pass through the straits.

"Donald Trump says the US is reinstating its blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, beginning "immediately"

In a post on Truth Social, he says commercial vessels will be charged "at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped" but does not explain how this would work

Earlier, Iran's military said it won't allow the US to "interfere in the management" of the key shipping route

Meanwhile, the US and Iran have continued to exchange strikes- US Central Command (Centcom) said overnight that it had "completed" its latest round of strikes in Iran, in response to Iran"


https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy30p89rlgt

If he reinstates the blockade and no ships pass thru who is paying the 20% tolls?

[TheButcher]

Another night another attack, the US is striking Iran again


https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/world/li ... -war-trump

[mybitches]

As oil climbs and supply start diminishing Trump will come round to another ceasefire. We've been there done that and will repeat the cycle.

[TheButcher]

The war is back on if you ask me.

Trump posted on his truth Social that he is putting the naval blackade back on and going to charge ships 20% to pass through the straits.

"Donald Trump says the US is reinstating its blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, beginning "immediately"

In a post on Truth Social, he says commercial vessels will be charged "at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped" but does not explain how this would work

Earlier, Iran's military said it won't allow the US to "interfere in the management" of the key shipping route

Meanwhile, the US and Iran have continued to exchange strikes- US Central Command (Centcom) said overnight that it had "completed" its latest round of strikes in Iran, in response to Iran"


https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy30p89rlgt

If he reinstates the blockade and no ships pass thru who is paying the 20% tolls?

Well that was only for a day, the blockade is now in effect but Trump has backed off the 20% toll


"Trump Reverses 20% Strait of Hormuz Toll, as U.S. Restarts Blockade of Iran’s Ports
The decision comes a day after the president said the U.S. would charge a toll for shipping cargo through a waterway Iran has tried to control"

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/t ... l-6d40a276

[AlexO]

What was the MOU all about let them go back to that before the price of gas goes through the roof.

[shoopa]

What is Trump's goal to take over Iran and it's oil by aerial bombing them, he's going to have to put soldiers on the ground at one point to take it over.

[TheButcher]

So Trump hit bridges and a desalination plant in Iran over night, it's an escalation and will likely lead to Iran doing the same to the Gulf countries allied with the US.



"Escalation fears mount as US hits bridges and Iran strikes desalination plant"


https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-ea ... 026-07-17/

[tacnet]

Why does Trump think that striking at Iran again would produce a different outcome to the previous strikes ??? He's already bombed them into rubble and they are NOT CRACKING !! In fact, he is uniting the Iranian people behind the regime.

With the exception of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during WW2, it's almost IMPOSSIBLE to win a war with bombing alone. Hitler tried it during the Blitz on England, the allies tried it during the bombing of Germany, and again in Vietnam, in Korea and now in Iran. IT DOESN'T WORK !! As Sun Tsu said "Tactics without strategy is simply the noise before defeat".

I think Trump rushed to the MOU because he wanted to announce the war was over before the mid-terms. He gave Iran almost everything they wanted. Sanctions relief, unfreezing assets, $300 billion reconstruction fund, selling their oil on the open market etc. But the most important thing to Iran right now is control of the strait of Hormuz and there is no way they are EVER going to give that up no matter how many bombs Trump drops on them.

[TheButcher]

I agree with everything you said Tac but if I was in their shoes I would not give it up easily

[tacnet]

I agree with everything you said Tac but if I was in their shoes I would not give it up easily

I don't think they will EVER give it up. Even if Trump makes them sign a piece of paper saying free passage, they know it only takes a pick up truck and a few drones to shut it down again. They've got Trump by the balls and they know all they have to do is squeeze