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Posted on 07/27/2026 7:51:27 AM PDT by thegagline
Iran said on Monday it was still in control of the Strait of Hormuz and not seeking to resume peace talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump halted a two-week bombing campaign that his top brass told him had run its course.
Following 13 successive nights of intensifying bombing that provoked Tehran to fire on U.S. bases in response, Trump halted the campaign over the weekend.
Iran said it would pause its own attacks for as long as the U.S. pause in bombing endures.
Trump's decision to suspend the campaign reflected advice from his top brass that the bombing, aimed at breaking Iran's grip on strait, had reached the limits of what it could achieve, according to a U.S. official***
The U.S. official told Reuters that military commanders had advised the president that they were running out of targets. The official said the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, had also expressed concern over the depletion of air defense weapons used to protect U.S. bases in the region. *** The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, said on Sunday Trump had paused the campaign to allow room for negotiations.
But the spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baghaei, said in a televised press conference on Monday that Iran had not asked to resume peace talks with the United States. ***
But in a clear bid to signal that the U.S. bombing had failed in its objective, Tehran indicated it was still in control of the world's most important waterway for energy markets. ***
The halt to the renewed U.S. bombing campaign leaves no clear indication of what leverage Washington can exert to achieve Trump's aim to break Iran's grip on the strait. ***
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Never did like those bombing cessations and ceasefires. Iranian bosses love them, though. That’s something.
Iranian Guard leader: “Get someone to believe we’re negotiating in good faith. The Chinese are having trouble shipping the weapons to us through the other states marked as “Humanitarian Food” in the containers.”
Iran is a tar baby. A forever war. When your opponent doesn’t care about it’s own people, and craves world conflict I’m not sure how you handle that.
Trump has really worked himself into a corner taking on the raghead camel jockeys without asking King Hakeema and Chucky Shumer first.
Don’t care. We’re #1 in oil production, and even have Venezuela as a huge partner.
Thus our prices should be at below the 1.88 gal range at the least..
This is our government Deflection off the 30+ Trillion Big Un-Beautiful Signed Government Un-Beautiful Bill Dumpings since the Mr. Read My Lips effect.
High sweat by the brow, prices, for The Masses. But not for The Exempt Ones 🦠. ✖️
The people in the new America just don’t have the guts to win a war anymore. All they want from the government is FREE STUFF.
AMERIKA! THE BIG PIñATA! THE LAND OF THE FREE STUFF AND I MEAN FREE.
oil down $5 on the cease-fire, and in a familiar pattern, announced just before markets open in Asia on Monday
Somebody in Iran and/or the Trump administration is making big $$$ manipulating these markets.
“that his top brass told him had run its course.”
newsmax failed to mention that statement is based on anonymous sources ....
that’s how fake news works:
1. some shitehole media outlet reports lies based on anonymous sources
2. then the herd of putatively mainstream media outlets report that as fact by omitting the anonymous sourcing part ...
In the past week (roughly July 20–27, 2026), at least 6 to 7 commercial vessels were directly struck or forced to abandon ship during attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz, alongside multiple instances of vessels being intercepted or turned back.
A commentator yesterday reminded us the 90 million plus Iranians are spread out with places for the military rulers to move mobile missile launchers and shoulder launched anti-ship devices every few days.
Trump shouldn’t have made his declarations about the Iranian navy and missile forces and so on being decimated. It looks bad when the attacks on the Arab states and ships in the Strait go on after that.
What happen to the Iranian people raising up against the dictatorship ?
By focusing on OUR OWN Iron Dome, and staying home, with We The People. Right here
Is history chock full of nations that won conflicts by refusing to negotiate and fought on no matter how much of their nation was destroyed? Or have most that tried it been utterly crushed by their opponents who didn’t care?
Reports of up to 40,000 of them were killed. Those left over are trying daily to feed their kids.
Neither of which is the United States fault even 0.0001%.
CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper is not an anonymous scource. And he said the bombing campaign has reached the limit of its effectiveness.
Add in the fact that we are severly depleting our stockpiles and this adds up to the fact that bombing Iran is getting pointless.
Bleep or get off the pot. Send in ground forces or declare victory and go home.
Rome, and it’s supreme arrogance. Right where we’re headed.
✖️
We’re corrupt and filled with whores “wife”dom to the neck.
Bomb Food Baskets and stay home, focusing on our own Iron Dome
Tankers are going thru with transponders off so they are not counted. Your lack of sophistication is apparent.
Furthermore the perspective being reported is pro Iran.
We did not make a mistake going there.
The ships aren’t moving because insurance is telling them not to.
Finally, if the Iran statement were true, more ships would be sailing by paying their criminal tolls. If Iran “controlled the strait” they would be making money and encouraging boats to pay it.
I can’t say this enough people: EVERY SOURCE OF NEWS - WITHOUT EXCEPTION is tasked first with making you hate President Donald Trump. Even sources that you consider friendly.
I used to work for those parts of the government. I’m telling this to you, straight to your face. You are being manipulated.
Wow TDS is running rampant.
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