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Iran has fired drones at commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz since signing of MoU.
JPost ^ | June 17, 2026

Posted on 06/16/2026 9:56:14 PM PDT by Milagros

The source added that all of the drones had been intercepted by the US military before they pose a threat to commercial or US military ships and personnel.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Iran; News/Current Events; Qatar; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: drones

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Emboldened mullahs
1 posted on 06/16/2026 9:56:14 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: Milagros

They won’t get any of their money if they can’t keep the children under control.


2 posted on 06/16/2026 10:02:59 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Milagros

This likely indicates that there are rogue elements that pay no attention to the now top leadership. This means that once the midterms are over... we will have every justification to pound the living crap out of them. As always, the Kabuki theater is a necessary evil in any foreign policy initiative.


3 posted on 06/16/2026 10:05:18 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: fireman15

“Rogue elements”????

You are just providing excuses for your enemy.

This approach is called “appeasement”.


4 posted on 06/16/2026 10:11:28 PM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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To: Milagros

Linkie no workie.

Just as well, since the headline is false.


5 posted on 06/16/2026 10:23:29 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: Milagros

Asymmetric wars are a biotch. The asymmetric guy has all the time in the world. All they have to do is harass every once in a while and stay out of sight. The symmetric guy, however, does not have all the time in the world, and the longer it goes on the worse it gets.

And in this case the asymmetric guy has hundreds of mountain hideouts from which to harass, and all the symmetric guy can do is take it out on the general population that doesn’t live in the mountains and has nothing to do with it.


6 posted on 06/16/2026 10:40:23 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Israel first!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Correct link:

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-899643

“ Iran has fired drones at commercial ships in Hormuz strait since MoU’s signing, source tells ‘Post’”


7 posted on 06/16/2026 11:03:21 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.)
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To: Netz
You are just providing excuses for your enemy.
This approach is called “appeasement”.

I said, “we will have every justification to pound the living crap out of them” Somehow that does not seem like appeasement, but because of political reality President Trump does have to keep one eye on the midterms.

What all the TDS children around here lack is patience, 47 years of every other President kicking the can down the road, means that it is going to take more than a few weeks of pinpoint bombing and even sending most of their senior leadership to hell in the first 30 seconds... to meet all of the objectives that are hoped to be accomplished.

My suggestion to you is to take a few deep breaths and then thank God that we finally have a President who was willing to do what was necessary to stop Iran in their tracks. The job will be completed when the time is right. Until then you are going to have to put on your big boy pants.

8 posted on 06/16/2026 11:30:17 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: fireman15

What is likely happening, and there might be rogue elements, is that the IRGC is fractured into three. The government bureaucrats, the hardliner military, and the clerics.

I tend to think that Trump picked on of the factions, not the hardliners, and declared them the defacto government and the others are angry.


9 posted on 06/16/2026 11:53:09 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He spent a week hunting a mammoth, just because I said I was hungry. He's such a good friend. )
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Corrected URL

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-899643


10 posted on 06/16/2026 11:55:17 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: Milagros

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8hEtI9AI0U&list=RDs8hEtI9AI0U&start_radio=1


11 posted on 06/17/2026 12:17:30 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: Netz

More likely these are rogue local military units and there isn’t much command-and-control nationwide.


12 posted on 06/17/2026 1:06:46 AM PDT by Az Joe (Pope Marx I)
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To: Jonty30

“If his forces are united, separate them.”

-Sun Tzu

CC


13 posted on 06/17/2026 1:06:47 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: fireman15

Exactly


14 posted on 06/17/2026 1:07:39 AM PDT by Az Joe (Pope Marx I)
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To: Jonty30

Yes, lots of fractures and disorganized local military units


15 posted on 06/17/2026 1:08:14 AM PDT by Az Joe (Pope Marx I)
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