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SamuelTheThird

(1,238 posts) Thu May 7, 2026, 02:57 PM Thursday

WTF is going on with Iran? Complete confusion

They are so out of their depth

Operation Freedom to resume-

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/saudi-arabia-kuwait-end-restrictions-on-us-militarys-use-of-their-bases-and-skies-wsj/

Wait, no, Operation Freedom not resuming-

https://investinglive.com/news/us-official-preparation-to-resume-operation-freedom-to-reopen-the-strait-are-incorrect-20260507/

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WTF is going on with Iran? Complete confusion (Original Post) SamuelTheThird Thursday OP

clusterfuck Skittles Thursday #1

Market manipulation. BlueTsunami2018 Thursday #2

Not just amateurs. C_U_L8R Thursday #3

The next headline I want to read is: ananda Thursday #4

Pump and dump Johnny2X2X Thursday #5

The Saudis shut it down GreatGazoo Thursday #6

There was and is no plan. No competence. No expertise. Nothing themaguffin Thursday #7

Skittles

(172,706 posts)

1. clusterfuck

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 02:58 PM

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yup

BlueTsunami2018

(5,057 posts)

2. Market manipulation.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 02:59 PM

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Bet on oil prices going down.

Announce strait is open.

Clean up on bets.

Bet on oil prices going back up.

Announce plan to open strait is cancelled.

Clean up on bets.

Rinse and repeat.

C_U_L8R

(49,508 posts)

3. Not just amateurs.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 03:06 PM

Thursday

Total freakin idiots. Supreme dumbasses.

ananda

(35,446 posts)

4. The next headline I want to read is:

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 03:10 PM

Thursday

Boats safe after traveling through Hormuz Triangle.

Johnny2X2X

(24,399 posts)

5. Pump and dump

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 03:58 PM

Thursday

It's so out in the open. Blatant manipulation of the markets and corruption. Iran was never going to agree today, they just started looking at a proposal. Today is over in Iran, it's almost midnight there.

GreatGazoo

(4,683 posts)

6. The Saudis shut it down

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 04:40 PM

Thursday

"Riyadh told White House it would deny access for operation to provide tankers military escort through strait of Hormuz"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/trump-project-freedom-saudi-arabia-strait-of-hormuz

themaguffin

(5,386 posts)

7. There was and is no plan. No competence. No expertise. Nothing

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 04:54 PM

Thursday

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