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2. Yeah, this island is about

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:03 PM

18 hrs ago

500 miles, give or take, from the actual Strait of Hormuz. Why bomb this when we should be attempting to open the strait? Could be intentional misinformation to distract. I guess we'll see.

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Trump says Iran's Kharg Island bombed; US deploying up to 2,500 to Mideast - CNN [View all] TexasTowelie 18 hrs ago OP

Attack the oil infrastructure. There's a swell idea. NT mahatmakanejeeves 18 hrs ago #1

Yeah, this island is about blue-wave 18 hrs ago #2

My (lack of) geography fails me. I'll have to dig up an atlas. Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves 18 hrs ago #3

Kharg Island is way back into the Persian Gulf. It's close blue-wave 18 hrs ago #6

Because 90% of Iran's oil goes through that port. gab13by13 18 hrs ago #4

OK, but if the Strait of Hormuz is shut down blue-wave 18 hrs ago #5

You shoot one of ours, we shoot one of yours OC375 17 hrs ago #7

Choices OC375 7 hrs ago #8