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Posted on 04/18/2026 1:38:58 PM PDT by NoLibZone
The US is reportedly weighing plans to board and seize Tehran-linked oil tankers worldwide — eyeing a dramatic escalation against Iran at sea.
Those discussions come as tensions spike in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iranian forces fired on multiple commercial vessels Saturday and declared the vital shipping lane under their “strict control,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
That saber-rattling sent shipping firms scrambling — just a day after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted the strait was open for business, a claim President Trump had welcomed.
Behind the scenes, US officials say the Pentagon is preparing to intercept and take control of commercial vessels tied to Iran — potentially far beyond the Middle East, the outlet reported.
The strategy is aimed at choking Tehran’s economy — with the hope it forces the Iranian regime to reopen the strait and bend in nuclear talks, according to the report.
Trump said Friday that Iran had agreed to hand over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium — an assertion Iranian officials quickly rejected. Sticking points remain over how long Tehran would halt enrichment and whether it would regain access to billions in frozen funds.
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No...not yet at least.That would cause many,many huge problems and just might galvanize public opinion in Iran in favor of the mullahs.
I keep reading that the resolute Iranian fighters won’t quit just because they have no navy. And no air force. And no air defense. Or because their leadership has been whacked.
Next, I expect to read the Iranian fighters won’t quit even if they have no money, no energy, no bridges, no working airports and no food to eat for one year.
I doubt these claims. Even highly motivated troops can be broken if cut off from supplies.
It appears that there are two or multiple power centers in Iran, at least one making deals and another or others refusing them.
and who was the big dummy who leaked this to the press, now Iran is gonna be ready for this
RE: seagoing battles....
Like Captain Horatio Hornblower (admiral in the Napoleonic Wars stories by C.S. Forester).
Iran supreme leader: “What? Did someone say blower?”
Aide: “Go back to sleep, your excellency.”
Most Iranian oil revenue now comes from domestic sales.
“It appears that there are two or multiple power centers in Iran, at least one making deals and another or others refusing them.”
If you’ve not handed over at least 10kg of highly enriched uranium, you’re not worth talking to.
“over how long Tehran would halt enrichment and whether it would regain access to billions in frozen funds.”
That needs to be forever.
“AIP technology, especially fuel-cell systems with minimal moving parts, enables vessels to remain submerged for weeks.
“This dramatically enhances stealth and survivability while reducing acoustic and thermal signatures, making sonar and infrared detection exceedingly difficult.
“Extended underwater endurance also offers tactical advantages in surprise attacks, covert surveillance, mine-laying, and the deployment of naval commandos using specialized wet/dry compartments.”
https://worldisraelnews.com/israels-silent-guardians-the-idfs-advanced-submarine-fleet/
The US Navy should not go near hostile tankers. They might explode at any moment.
We need to start turning the lights off in Iranian cities, starting with Bandar Abbas.
“We also need target their religious sites inside Iran.”
Why?
Stay focused.
Y’all can’t let nut
cases get Nukes!
Pakistan most Sunni Moslem
is a nuclear power, but
they don’t threaten
America directly.
Iran is mostly Shia Moslem.
That is the whole story.
Look up the difference between the two.
Shia nations are mostly ruled by Religious “priests”
Sunni nations are are generally ruled by men that
are Moslem’s.
Most the worlds governments have government
and religion separate, on purpose!
Even the most vicious dictatorship with a
nuke eg. North Korea is safer than a
country that thinks
they are doing Their God’s will with a Nuke.
A real God doesn’t need a Nuke to take us all out,
but men do.
I guess Iran’s Shia God isn’t all that interested
in Destroying Non believers, but the
Iranian government certainly is.
No nukes for Iran!
So what????? Won’t drop gas price here. Damned oil companies here are making big $$$$$. We have plenty of oil, yet we still are paying out the @$$ for gas. They make $$$ and we get the shaft.
“Won’t drop gas price here.”
Already dropping.
“Damned oil companies here are making big $$$$$.”
If you think that, become a part owner of an oil company.
reportedly some communist chinese aircraft sneaked into Iran with unknown cargo
I can’t fathom how they got past USAF and US Space Command monitoring, also IAF
but anyway, if they sneak in it is not to deliver cute little muppet dolls for babies
“over how long Tehran would halt enrichment”
forever (sunny Iran can use solar panels, which are now cheap)
“regain access to billions in frozen funds”
$15 million per kilogram of U-235 in highly enriched uranium per year turned over (440kg of 60% - $3.96 billion/year)
per top model centrifuge turned over within 30 days
$10 million first 500
$5 million all others
per previous top model
one-fifth the amounts
$50 million/quarter if no attacks from Lebanon
$20 million/quarter if no attacks from Gaza
$100 million/quarter if Israel is not attacked
“Next, I expect to read the Iranian fighters won’t quit even if they have no money, no energy, no bridges, no working airports and no food to eat for one year.”
IRGC trained Hamas in their murderous ways.
I would expect IRGC would employ similar resilience.
The only fix is to get dirty and kill ‘em all.
As if spreading the battleground worldwide isn’t bad enough...
Not if that resolute army believes Heaven awaits if they die in combat.
Go back to eating gators. Gas prices here jumped at the reports of this crap in the Gulf. We are letting a defeated enemy dictate the rules of the game. Did the Krauts or the Japanese? No, we kicked ass and set the rules. Time to set them here and get it over with. This crap is killing us for the midterms. Tell me about your military time and how you would do it, General Patton.
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