Posted on 05/27/2026 6:54:19 PM PDT by thegagline
The US military carried out new strikes in Iran Wednesday, targeting a military site that threatened American troops and commercial shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Today, US Central Command Forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz,” a US official said in a statement.
“US forces also struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone,” the official added.
Despite the skirmish, the fragile cease-fire that has been in place since April 8 is still considered to be holding.
“These actions were measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire,” the US official said.
The downed drones were reportedly targeting a US commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Axios.
There have been at least two dozen attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz since the war with Iran began.
Tehran has effectively shut down the key oil chokepoint with repeated attacks and threats on cargo ships and tankers that tried to sail through.
The strikes follow “self-defense strikes” launched by the US military on Monday against Iranian boats that were reportedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Those attacks also took out a surface-to-air missile site in Bandar Abbas.
*** “I think it looks like they want to just make a deal,” the president said during a cabinet meeting at the White House. “I don’t think they have a choice.”
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i suspect that this is also a warning that there will soon be broader and more intense attacks if Iran doesn’t quit screwing around ...
First, you bitch that Trump is surrendering. Now you bitch because he is bombing. Personally, I think you are just a bitch.
Let’s have another ‘ceasefire’ so they can bring out more hardware to shoot at...................
Maybe Trump needs to enlist Bronc0 Bama to bring the Shia IRGC to heel?
It is a purely defensive action, designed to remove all potential resistance. Some might say that is the definition of war, but this is a peaceful defining cease fire.
“First, you bitch that Trump is surrendering. Now you bitch because he is bombing. Personally, I think you are just a bitch.”
You just made me laugh!
LOL!
Maybe she’s a troll-bitch……
You call that bombing? They shot some drones out of the air. They bombed where the drones were being released from. I don’t call that bombing.
I agree...POTUS is waiting...waiting...WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME...THEN ........KAKBOOOOOYYYYY
** “I think it looks like they want to just make a deal,” the president said during a cabinet meeting at the White House. “I don’t think they have a choice.
Wrong again. They do have a choice. More than one other in fact.
I’ve been waiting 47 years for this.
I don’t mind another 47 hours or even 47 days for POTUS 47 to settle the score!
You got it it 100% correct on Thegagline. He is a little leftist bitch who needs to follow desert Rino into the land of the ZOT.
In response, Iran has launched missiles and drones at Kuwait while saying they’re attacking the US airbase that was used to attack them.
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