Posted on 08/27/2026 12:23:14 PM PDT by Merrick
Among information provided, Oman and Qatar report achieving 80% of pre-war production of oil through the Strait. That leaves Iran out - and that's good.
I hope they have become afraid of the people in the streets. That would be a BIG step towards them taking their country back.
Let’s hope!
Oman, that's good news (as my Jamaican friends would respond, Yemen).
As for Qatar, I have been suffering from this for the past year, due to LPR (basically a burned esophagus). Tucker has a much worse case of it, in his case it's affected his brain and thinking.
Keep Hormuz Strait! Make Tankers Great Again!
The regime appears to either expect an invasion or retaliation if they attack civilians and are not acting.
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Sortof... In my opinion, the IRGC are dug in to a degree. They are trying to stay as underground as possible to avoid being made targets due to overt movement, because their current strategy with the US/Israel is military stalemate with an emphasis on skirmishing and agitating the straights of hormuz, and responding to (what they now consider) lesser political/civil strategic problems is detrimental to that goal.
About 2 months ago there was video of drones attacking checkpoint personnel.
Good!
I think the Immortal Guard have been armed and trained. IRGC in small numbers at checkpoints or patrols are sitting ducks for ambushes.
They are trying to stay as underground as possible to avoid being made targets due to overt movement, because their current strategy with the US/Israel is military stalemate with an emphasis on skirmishing and agitating the straights of hormuz, and responding to (what they now consider) lesser political/civil strategic problems is detrimental to that goal.
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The USA has closed the straight of hormuz to iranian traffic while letting all other traffic through. the iranian ability to block traffic has been neutered. traffic is now returning to normal.
the world can now continue as usual while the irgc bleeds out.
that’s the plan.
likely the iranians will try to do something to bring iran back imto the headlines in october in time for us elections but that’s but besides being headline grabbing—it won’t change things.
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