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5. OK, but if the Strait of Hormuz is shut down

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:20 PM

6 hrs ago

and no shipping traffic is moving through it, that means Iran is also not shipping through it. If Iran tried to ship through the strait, the U.S. would likely blow up the Iranian vessel.

Shouldn't the first goal be opening the strait? We can then, in good speed, take care of Kharg Island.

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Trump says Iran's Kharg Island bombed; US deploying up to 2,500 to Mideast - CNN [View all] TexasTowelie 7 hrs ago OP

Attack the oil infrastructure. There's a swell idea. NT mahatmakanejeeves 7 hrs ago #1

Yeah, this island is about blue-wave 6 hrs ago #2

My (lack of) geography fails me. I'll have to dig up an atlas. Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago #3

Kharg Island is way back into the Persian Gulf. It's close blue-wave 6 hrs ago #6

Because 90% of Iran's oil goes through that port. gab13by13 6 hrs ago #4

OK, but if the Strait of Hormuz is shut down blue-wave 6 hrs ago #5

You shoot one of ours, we shoot one of yours OC375 5 hrs ago #7