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everyonematters

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Sun Mar 29, 2026, 11:27 AM Sunday

Trump's mess, what will it take to free up the Strait of Hormuz. [View all]

Now that Trump has gotten us into the quagmire of Iran, the question that needs to be asked is what is it going to take to open the Strait of Hormuz? Twenty percent of the world's oil flow through it. There is no way to be sure what is going on with any negotiations. We can't trust what Trump says any more than the Iranians. It is obvious that he ignored any advice about it from the generals. The civilian advisors who are gutless, gullible idiots would refuse to challenge him on anything. I think that the Israelis may have bamboozled or extorted him into this. This is now the question that needs to be faced by the American people and the Western world. It may now take at least a minimum number of troops on the ground, even though the original attack was unnecessary.

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