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US forces sink 6 Iranian small boats as Trump warns regime will be ‘blown off the face of the earth’
NY Post ^
| Published May 4, 2026
| By Samuel Chamberlain
Posted on 05/04/2026 10:49:30 AM PDT by dennisw
US forces sank six Iranian small boats deployed to harass traffic in the Strait of Hormuz Monday, shortly before President Trump warned the Islamic Republic will be “blown off the face of the earth” if it interferes with efforts to reopen the crucial waterway.
Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) told reporters on a Monday press call that while Iran historically has deployed “between 20 and 40 small boats” to threaten commercial shipping in the strait, “today, we saw just six, and eliminated them quickly.”
“We have an enormous amount of capability and firepower concentrated in and around the Strait, including 864 Apache and MH 60 Seahawk helicopters,” added Cooper, emphasizing that Iran’s military capability has been “dramatically degraded.”
“We have more weapons and ammunition at a much higher grade than we had before,” Trump told correspondent Trey Yingst. “We have the best equipment. We have stuff all over the world. We have these bases all over the world. They’re all stocked up with equipment. We can use all of that stuff, and we will, if we need it.”
The president also claimed that Iran has become “much more malleable” in peace talks that have stagnated since mid-April.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: affordability; ceasefiremisfire
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posted on
05/04/2026 10:49:30 AM PDT
by
dennisw
To: dennisw
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posted on
05/04/2026 10:50:27 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Import the third world. Become the second world.)
To: dennisw
I hope some got shredded by 10A Warthogs.. ..We have them up in the air on constant “loitering” patrols.
But really we should not told what sunk them. Let the IRGC fanatics figger it out.
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posted on
05/04/2026 10:52:18 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard. There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
To: dennisw
Fuel Air bombs over any and all Iranian ports.
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posted on
05/04/2026 10:55:41 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
To: dennisw
Talk talk talk.... and then even louder and more dramatic talk!
Meanwhile, filling my pickup is well over 100 bucks from this Trumpian/Likud farce....
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posted on
05/04/2026 10:56:03 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
To: DesertRhino
Aww, you poor thing. You should just go and kill yourself and get your suffering over with.
6
posted on
05/04/2026 10:57:58 AM PDT
by
Pox
(Eff You China. Buy American!)
To: dennisw
Is Rand Paul in mourning because they didn’t get due process?
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posted on
05/04/2026 10:58:33 AM PDT
by
mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: DesertRhino
“Meanwhile, filling my pickup is well over 100 bucks from this Trumpian/Likud farce...”
It will be 75$ when the dust settles
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posted on
05/04/2026 11:00:14 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard. There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
To: DesertRhino
Meanwhile, filling my pickup is well over 100 bucks from this Trumpian/Likud farce....
You're in luck! I've heard willing dhimmis get personal discounts on their gas, straight from Iran and Pakistan. All you have to do is keep kneeling in front of your islamist masters and hating on Jews and you'll personally get rewarded with a throatful of muslim ding-dong.
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posted on
05/04/2026 11:00:31 AM PDT
by
brent13a
To: DesertRhino
“Meanwhile, filling my pickup is well over 100 bucks from this Trumpian/Likud farce....”
Because a thermonuclear weapon in your lap is so much cheaper . . .
To: dennisw
Haven’t you been saying that for two months now?
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posted on
05/04/2026 11:01:48 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
To: DesertRhino
Just say it...You'd rather be nuked....or maybe your children...or grandchildren...
Iran is an on going threat TO THE WORLD.
Did you complain when gas was even more under Biden...when inflation under Biden was 20% ??
To: DesertRhino
Meanwhile, filling my pickup is well over 100 bucks from this Trumpian/Likud farce....
That's at least the third time you've said that today. Are they paying you by the post?
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posted on
05/04/2026 11:04:09 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: DesertRhino
Sale your pickup.
Meanwhile, we're kicking ass.
To: dennisw
APRIL 2025 -- Mount a 50 caliber machine gun and Allah's clowns are good to go. I bet the rocket tubes are empty. They are right under flags with a tarp/shroud over them. Fast boats are fiberglass to make less visble on radar.
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posted on
05/04/2026 11:05:09 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard. There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
To: dennisw
I love listening to the Warthogs (A-10s) playing “Hakuma Matata” on the desert clowns.
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posted on
05/04/2026 11:05:34 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Remember, King Hakeem and his butt buddy, Schumer are still going to try to reopen the border.)
To: DesertRhino
Meanwhile, filling my pickup is well over 100 bucks from this Trumpian/Likud farce....Life's a bitch, ain't it? Don't worry sport, your pain will soon go away.......LOL!
To: DesertRhino
You just can't stop bitching about your goddamned truck. This must be the 20th comment you have made about it. We get it, you "eat carburetors for breakfast!" You have turned yourself into a leftist parody. Here's my advice, take your truck and shove it up right up your a*ss, fill it with gas and waddle away to DU.
Lefty jagoff.
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posted on
05/04/2026 11:07:33 AM PDT
by
wildcard_redneck
( Neocons in love with the Ukraine War hate how long the Iran War is taking..........)
To: DesertRhino
Talk talk talk.... and then even louder and more dramatic talk!
Meanwhile, filling my pickup is well over 100 bucks from this Trumpian/Likud farce....
sorry, we forgot the world revolves around you..................
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posted on
05/04/2026 11:09:32 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
To: Antoninus
He gets paid by the bitchy moan.
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posted on
05/04/2026 11:09:56 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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