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3. Guess who ordered our minesweepers out of the Gulf?

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 01:35 PM

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Trump pulled mine-sweepers from the Middle East and they’re sitting in Philadelphia as the Iran War rages

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-strait-of-hormuz-minesweepers-b2936416.html

Trump may live for Bibi, but he works for Putin.

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How Iran's Naval Mines Work [View all] dalton99a Friday OP

the enemy is the first to discover your mistakes Tetrachloride Friday #1

Low tech and low costs seems to be a trend in war Johnny2X2X Friday #2

Guess who ordered our minesweepers out of the Gulf? Kid Berwyn Friday #3

The Iranians come out of Bandar Abbas I think maxsolomon Friday #9

Interesting. Not sure. gulliver Friday #10

I cannot see the insurers thinking that's acceptable. maxsolomon Friday #11

Hope they do get it ended gulliver Friday #12

There are underwater pipelines connecting to the oil fields. dalton99a Friday #14

Here is some more on how mines work and why they are effective LetMyPeopleVote Friday #5

+1 dalton99a Friday #8

Rec'd. This video explains the mine situation very well vanessa_ca Friday #13