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GiqueCee

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8. Bessent is...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 06:35 PM

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... a fucking idiot, and I don't think that military tactics are part of his purview. The Strait of Hormuz is only 35 miles wide at the curve. ALL ships, including naval vessels, are sitting ducks for short-range missile attacks if the mines don't sink them first. It would probably take a fleet of minesweepers to clear the Strait, and it would likely take weeks and inevitable casualties.
Sweet Christ on a pogo stick, I hate these people.

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