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ChicagoTeamster

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11. Then what was the urgent need to start attacking Iran if the strait of Hormuz wasn't important to the US?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2026, 01:31 AM

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They weren’t attacking the US and the only reason they became a threat of developing a nuclear weapon was because Trump ended the nuclear monitoring agreement that the Obama administration negotiated in conjunction with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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