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Iran is losing $2 billion a day? The squeeze is on.
1 posted on 05/03/2026 1:07:34 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

So where are the Warthogs?


2 posted on 05/03/2026 1:12:58 PM PDT by marron
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To: Libloather

I hate arrogant Iranians and Dems, not in that order.

The rulers in Iran need to be set down a few pegs.


3 posted on 05/03/2026 1:13:39 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Operation Epic Fury is highlighting the utter brilliance of ‘Drill, baby, drill’

https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/opinion/epic-fury-is-highlighting-the-utter-brilliance-of-drill-baby-drill/


4 posted on 05/03/2026 1:15:00 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

“Iran is losing $2 billion a day? The squeeze is on.”

It seems like the IRGC is willing to take all the pain we can give them. The IRGC knows the American left and it appears they’re waiting for the American left to do what the IRGC can’t.


6 posted on 05/03/2026 1:18:25 PM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: Libloather

Perhaps, but their debt to gdp isn’t 100%


8 posted on 05/03/2026 1:28:17 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Libloather

The West has frozen Iranian funds. It might not be a bad idea that the US suggest that the corporate owners of the cargo ships now illegally being destroyed by Iran sue in their national courts to put a hold on that portion of the frozen funds to reimburse them for the damage so Iran realizes that when when this is over they will be paying for the destruction.


10 posted on 05/03/2026 1:28:59 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: Libloather

Yeah the squeeze is on. Well over a hundred bucks today to fill my pickup...


12 posted on 05/03/2026 1:31:06 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Libloather

All crew members were reported safe, with no group immediately claiming responsibility for the attack.


Was any damage done to the ship?

Did Iran to a drive by post on the media?


15 posted on 05/03/2026 2:00:31 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Libloather

We’ve stated that the strait is closed. What was this ship up to?


20 posted on 05/03/2026 2:11:33 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Libloather

About 12% of the population of Iraq lives around Tehran.


21 posted on 05/03/2026 2:13:41 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: Libloather

What does one expect from these mentally deficient half-breeds that dominate the Iranian population. You can’t impregnate your mother-sister-daighter without genetic consequences—even if the Koran’s words can be twisted to approve it.

Islam is history’s Titanic.


24 posted on 05/03/2026 2:53:44 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The DemonKKKrat Marxists ride Unicorns on their fantasy farms.)
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To: Libloather

How come we can’t give those guys the Venezuela drug boat treatment?


29 posted on 05/03/2026 3:28:03 PM PDT by eieio1
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To: Libloather

knock out the Kharg island oil export port and while at it, sink their pesky little attack canoes


30 posted on 05/03/2026 3:32:05 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Libloather

Didn’t they tell us they were going to do this?


32 posted on 05/03/2026 4:18:13 PM PDT by Captain Walker ("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
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To: Libloather

Somebody on this planet, besides us, should send a swarm of armed coastal patrol speedboats out to smoke those IRGC muppet boats. So many pussies sitting on the sidelines.


34 posted on 05/03/2026 4:25:31 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: Libloather
President Trump:

Countries from all over the World, almost all of which are not involved in the Middle Eastern dispute going on so visibly, and violently, for all to see, have asked the United States if we could help free up their Ships, which are locked up in the Strait of Hormuz, on something which they have absolutely nothing to do with —

They are merely neutral and innocent bystanders! For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the United States, we have told these Countries that we will guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways, so that they can freely and ably get on with their business.

Again, these are Ships from areas of the World that are not in any way involved with that which is currently taking place in the Middle East.

I have told my Representatives to inform them that we will use best efforts to get their Ships and Crews safely out of the Strait. In all cases, they said they will not be returning until the area becomes safe for navigation, and everything else. This process, Project Freedom, will begin Monday morning, Middle East time.

I am fully aware that my Representatives are having very positive discussions with the Country of Iran, and that these discussions could lead to something very positive for all. The Ship movement is merely meant to free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong — They are victims of circumstance.

This is a Humanitarian gesture on behalf of the United States, Middle Eastern Countries but, in particular, the Country of Iran.

Many of these Ships are running low on food, and everything else necessary for largescale crews to stay on board in a healthy and sanitary manner. I think it would go a long way in showing Goodwill on behalf of all of those who have been fighting so strenuously over the last number of months.

If, in any way, this Humanitarian process is interfered with, that interference will, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

40 posted on 05/03/2026 6:58:19 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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BREAKING: The IRGC Navy struck a vessel with anti-ship missiles 78 Nautical Miles off the coast of Fujairah, UAE, after it failed to comply with multiple warnings


41 posted on 05/03/2026 7:16:23 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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I thought A10s were patrolling the area.


43 posted on 05/03/2026 10:51:15 PM PDT by Cobra64 (ECommon sense isn’t common anymore. )
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To: Libloather

Saw later articles where the Navy denies the vessel was struck - searches didn’t turn up any credible evidence to debunk the Navy’s claim.


46 posted on 05/04/2026 5:56:17 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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UAE tanker also hit:

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1wz2ld4535t?post=asset%3Ab829e1e7-b6cd-4619-8d14-9cf10d7ccf30#post


47 posted on 05/04/2026 6:05:14 AM PDT by Drago (.)
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