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gab13by13

(32,238 posts) Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:42 PM Monday

If Krasnov Sends Troops To Take & Hold Kharg Island [View all]

It will be his Bay of Pigs on steroids.

Iran knows we may do this, there will be booby traps.

We can take control of Kharg Island but then our troops will be sitting ducks.

Hundreds of American soldiers being killed in Iran will be a huge boost for Iran.

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If Krasnov Sends Troops To Take & Hold Kharg Island [View all] gab13by13 Monday OP

It is not even remotely close to the Strait of Hormuz (300 miles away) hlthe2b Monday #1

It is a key Iranian oil port gab13by13 Monday #2

Yep and anybody who thinks that the hills ABOVE that island Volaris Tuesday #13

There was speculation that Iran would blow up the island. usonian Monday #3

They have to sail through the Strait of Hormuz to get to Kharg Island... Wounded Bear Monday #4

I assume it would be tried with airborne/airmobile, not Marines EX500rider Monday #5

Two Marine expeditionary forces on the way, ship borne... Wounded Bear Monday #6

Yeah the Tripoli doesn't even have a well deck EX500rider Monday #7

Plus the 82nd Airborne. Yeah, its gonna be a disaster. Volaris Tuesday #14

Navy ships ail through it daily. Melon Tuesday #10

There's a base in Kuwait they can launch from Renew Deal Tuesday #11

Considering Russia has had to resort to small unit infiltration Strelnikov_ Monday #8

Extraction under fire as it all goes to shit will doom so many Marines and Sailors. denbot Tuesday #9

Kharg talk may be disinformation and the real target JCMach1 Tuesday #12