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nitpicked

(1,748 posts) Fri Mar 13, 2026, 07:11 PM Friday

Trump says US just bombed Iran's Kharg Island

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4gqjyk0vx3t
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We're now hearing from US President Donald Trump, who shortly after boarding Air Force One for Florida, posted on Truth Social that moments ago, "the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island".

"I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island. However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision," the president continued.

He called on Iran to lay down its weapons and "save what’s left of their country, which isn’t much".
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Trump says US just bombed Iran's Kharg Island (Original Post) nitpicked Friday OP

?!!!!! electric_blue68 Friday #1

How will this affect the price of the Venezuelan oil markodochartaigh Friday #2

If this is true it is a game changer!!! hookaleft Friday #3

Is there any independent verificaation of this... ananda Friday #4

Yeah MustLoveBeagles Friday #5

I posted a week ago that Krasnov gab13by13 Friday #6

I suspect American troops are going to try to occupy the island. roamer65 Friday #7

Trump's been wanting to bomb Kharg Island for 40 years now vanessa_ca Friday #8

This is not going to go well. ananda Friday #9

Softening it up for the ground invasion. BannonsLiver Friday #10

electric_blue68

(26,784 posts)

1. ?!!!!!

Reply to nitpicked (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 07:16 PM

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markodochartaigh

(5,461 posts)

2. How will this affect the price of the Venezuelan oil

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 07:23 PM

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controlled by Trump? Will he get a bigger cut?

For a half century I heard people back in Texas say that they wanted a businessman in charge of the US government. Now I have more schadenfreude than Musk has dollars.

hookaleft

(1,087 posts)

3. If this is true it is a game changer!!!

Reply to nitpicked (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 08:25 PM

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ananda

(35,007 posts)

4. Is there any independent verificaation of this...

Reply to nitpicked (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 08:30 PM

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except for Trump saying it?

MustLoveBeagles

(16,002 posts)

5. Yeah

Reply to ananda (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 08:49 PM

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He's not exactly a trustworthy source.

gab13by13

(32,091 posts)

6. I posted a week ago that Krasnov

Reply to nitpicked (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 08:54 PM

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Will not touch the oil port on Kharg island.
90% of Iran’s oil goes through that port.

If Krasnov bombs it Iran will have nothing left to lose, When Iranians start starving they will realize that Krasnov doesn’t care about the Iranian people.

The price of crude will skyrocket all across the world, including the U.S. Krasnov fears 5-6 dollar gasoline in the U.S. Bombing Kharg will bring about chaos.

Krasnov did not touch the oil facilities, he thinks by bombing military installations that Iran will cave.

roamer65

(37,902 posts)

7. I suspect American troops are going to try to occupy the island.

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 09:22 PM

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Won’t matter because the Iranians will target Saudi Aramco facilities.

vanessa_ca

(903 posts)

8. Trump's been wanting to bomb Kharg Island for 40 years now

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Fri Mar 13, 2026, 09:34 PM

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He is beginning now to sound approximately like a politician. What would his platform be? ‘Respect,’ he says and pauses heavily. ‘Respect.’ He sounds like the Godfather. ‘We’re a second rate economic power, a debtor nation. We’re getting kicked around.’ I try to imagine the kind of deals he would make with Gorbachev, and fail. I choose an issue. What would he do about Iran, for instance? ‘I’d be harsh on Iran. They’ve been beating us psychologically, making us look a bunch of fools. One bullet shot at one of our men or ships and I’d do a number on Kharg Island. I’d go in and take it. Iran can’t even beat Iraq, yet they push the United States around. It’d be good for the world to take them on.’

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/12/polly-toynbee-1988-interview-donald-trump
Thu 12 Jan 2017
Polly Toynbee meets Donald Trump: the 1988 interview

ananda

(35,007 posts)

9. This is not going to go well.

Reply to nitpicked (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:13 PM

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If Trump goes after Kharg oil, Iran
will destroy US oil facilities... and
who knows what else.

Iran will also move to only deal
with China and let them use the
yuan currency.

BannonsLiver

(20,517 posts)

10. Softening it up for the ground invasion.

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Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:58 PM

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