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tblue37

(68,415 posts)
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 05:45 PM Sunday

"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for

possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes."


"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes."

www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...

Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw.bsky.social) 2026-03-13T00:51:08.105Z
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"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for (Original Post) tblue37 Sunday OP
Dumb..... Lovie777 Sunday #1
It was never a legit military operation. Irish_Dem Sunday #2
Stupid stupid stupid UpInArms Sunday #3
Closing the Strait was the reason no other President did it. Srkdqltr Sunday #4
I understand. When my husband goes to buy 2x4 8 foot lumber at Home Depot. he.... chouchou Sunday #5
Anybody with a basic knowledge of geography could have figured that out. Ocelot II Sunday #6
That excludes EVERYONE in the trump regime. MLWR Sunday #11
What's worse? SamuelTheThird Monday #18
The only "plan" was to attempt to keep the epstein case out of the news and grab Iran's oil. mwmisses4289 Sunday #7
THIS Justice matters. Sunday #15
With a trillion dollar budget one would think they'd have one person with an IQ above 100. sinkingfeeling Sunday #8
So stupid D_Master81 Sunday #9
So Hegseth's gotten rid of every single competent military planner? tanyev Sunday #10
Correct answer... Hormuz literally has a whole JCMach1 Monday #17
When hubris replaces competence, it is no surprise that you end up with a clusterf*ck. alwaysinasnit Sunday #12
I think they're just falling on their oversized Florsheim Shoes for *rump. Uncle Joe Sunday #13
Ooops liberalla Sunday #14
They're too busy trying to be entertainers to worry about planning for a war. SamuelAdams Sunday #16
*facedesk* sakabatou Monday #19
But there was considerable planning in choosing a name for the clusterfuck dalton99a Monday #20

Irish_Dem

(81,020 posts)
2. It was never a legit military operation.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 05:51 PM
Sunday

Just a Trump smash and grab with his own personal troops.

Srkdqltr

(9,692 posts)
4. Closing the Strait was the reason no other President did it.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 05:59 PM
Sunday

Everyone knew not to poke that particular wasp nest.

chouchou

(3,113 posts)
5. I understand. When my husband goes to buy 2x4 8 foot lumber at Home Depot. he....
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 06:09 PM
Sunday

doesn't take his truck with him. He's been extremely tired all the time..... Can't figure it out.

Ocelot II

(130,333 posts)
6. Anybody with a basic knowledge of geography could have figured that out.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 06:16 PM
Sunday

The Strait of Hormuz is Iran's most powerful weapon. You'd have to be a right moron not to see that they'd use it. But it's morons we're talking about, so...

MLWR

(993 posts)
11. That excludes EVERYONE in the trump regime.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:00 PM
Sunday

I'd bet good money that they couldn't even find the Strait of Hormuz on a map.

SamuelTheThird

(1,024 posts)
18. What's worse?
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:44 AM
Monday

They really are this vertiginously stupid, or this was all thought out to help putin?

mwmisses4289

(3,969 posts)
7. The only "plan" was to attempt to keep the epstein case out of the news and grab Iran's oil.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 06:25 PM
Sunday

That's it. That was the whole "plan".

Justice matters.

(9,731 posts)
15. THIS
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:37 PM
Sunday

Ând no matter how many "suckers and losers" would be put at risk while doing so.

They. Don't. Care.

Got to protect their pedophile in chief.

D_Master81

(2,521 posts)
9. So stupid
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 06:35 PM
Sunday

I mean that was the most likely response. I think what happened is Trump thought he would kill the Ayatollah and the people would rise up and take over and that’d be that. He probably didn’t listen to anything else because he didn’t want to. This is why it was always so dangerous to put this man back in the White House and have him surrounded by a cult. I don’t see any way out of this except to tuck tail and retreat or turning Iran into Gaza and just leveling it

JCMach1

(29,191 posts)
17. Correct answer... Hormuz literally has a whole
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 01:32 AM
Monday

Cold War era strategy to keep it open. FFS they must have fired and retired anyone with any policy and planning experience.

Uncle Joe

(65,010 posts)
13. I think they're just falling on their oversized Florsheim Shoes for *rump.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:18 PM
Sunday

If any one of them had testified they told *rump what any 10th grader could figure out by looking at map, they would leave him exposed, because the buck stops with them, and if doesn't they're fired.

Thanks for the thread tblue

SamuelAdams

(11 posts)
16. They're too busy trying to be entertainers to worry about planning for a war.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:43 PM
Sunday

They are deeply unserious people. They were the class clowns in high school.

dalton99a

(93,940 posts)
20. But there was considerable planning in choosing a name for the clusterfuck
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:51 AM
Monday

Operation Epic Stupidity

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