Poll: Is he bluffing? Tomorrow is Powerplant and Bridge day

[gipper]

I think what Grippy is trying to imply is that Trump has created a 1982 Orwellian world after Obumma and Biden spent 12 years setting it up with government lawfare, spying, AI and Covid-19.

Lol. I voted for Trump. I’ve never voted for a D potus in my life. I don’t vote any longer. It’s obviously a waste of time.

Thinking the two crime families are different, is your first mistake and you refuse to realize it.

 

[candycorn]

Only Iranian oil is being blockaded by the US Navy, the same way we blockaded Maduro's oil at VZ. Not a bluff, its happening.

Meanwhile back in reality….

 

[toomuchtime_]

Meanwhile back in reality….

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More than 20 commercial ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials.

Reuters cannot immediately verify the report.

Earlier today, the US military’s Central Command said no ships have made it past a US naval blockade of Iran’s ports and coastal areas, and six merchant ships have followed orders to turn back.

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[candycorn]

Today, 11:27 pm
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More than 20 commercial ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials.

Reuters cannot immediately verify the report.

Earlier today, the US military’s Central Command said no ships have made it past a US naval blockade of Iran’s ports and coastal areas, and six merchant ships have followed orders to turn back.

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Well here is the current Strait:

What is there like 5 vessels in the strait itself?

Its going to be interesting when Chinese frigates start escorting tankers out of the strait. The US never hits anyone who can strike our homeland. China can.

Quite a high price to pay to distract from the Epstein files.

 

[toobfreak]

More than 20 commercial ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours,

Earlier today, the US military’s Central Command said no ships have made it past a US naval blockade of Iran’s ports and coastal areas, and six merchant ships have followed orders to turn back.

That is right. The Strait of Hormuz is actually open now. Anyone can enter or leave going anywhere for any reason, EXCEPT traffic heading to or coming from Iran.

Iran is cut off from all sea traffic.

 

[kyzr]

Well here is the current Strait: What is there like 5 vessels in the strait itself?
Its going to be interesting when Chinese frigates start escorting tankers out of the strait. The US never hits anyone who can strike our homeland. China can. Quite a high price to pay to distract from the Epstein files.

Let me know if those Chinese frigates show up.

What's an Epstein file?
Its all Swallwell all the time now, don't you watch TV?
A new accuser every day, very sleazy stuff, he resigned today.

 

[toobfreak]

What is there like 5 vessels in the strait itself?

So there are FIVE vessels in the Strait. So the Strait cannot be closed. You DO understand the Strait is very narrow and these are huge ships? What part of this do you refuse to get?

Its going to be interesting when Chinese frigates start escorting tankers out of the strait. The US never hits anyone who can strike our homeland. China can.

Yeah China, Go, China! Is that your mantra? China is an observer, an opportunist, not a world player; they will sit back and watch and wait and try to insert a little influence or pressure here or there, before they think of doing anything else. We will gladly sell them all the oil they need.

Quite a high price to pay to distract from the Epstein files.

WHAT Epstein files? They have all been released. Millions of pages of stuff that Joe Biden had in his possession for four years that you then never so much as raised a single interest over.

 

[candycorn]

So there are FIVE vessels in the Strait.

5 vessels...there should be dozens if not hundreds.

So the Strait cannot be closed.

LOL...by that logic the border is wide open too.

You DO understand the Strait is very narrow and these are huge ships? What part of this do you refuse to get?

Before the orange blob's tantrum, transit was 100+ a day. Now there is 5...

Yeah China, Go, China! Is that your mantra? China is an observer, an opportunist, not a world player; they will sit back and watch and wait and try to insert a little influence or pressure here or there, before they think of doing anything else. We will gladly sell them all the oil they need.

Your view of geo politics is amusing. Didn't you say you were a paid expert witness once?

WHAT Epstein files? They have all been released. Millions of pages of stuff that Joe Biden had in his possession for four years that you then never so much as raised a single interest over.

More lies.

Pages alluding to your blob were not released.

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell

4 days after this report, we started bombing a nation that posed zero threat to us.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Well here is the current Strait:

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What is there like 5 vessels in the strait itself?

Its going to be interesting when Chinese frigates start escorting tankers out of the strait. The US never hits anyone who can strike our homeland. China can.

Quite a high price to pay to distract from the Epstein files.

How easily Democrats go from anti Trump to anti American. Rooting for China to protect Iran's nuclear weapons program?

 

[candycorn]

How easily Democrats go from anti Trump to anti American. Rooting for China to protect Iran's nuclear weapons program?

I'm rooting for China? Nope.

You guys bought that there was WMDs in Iraq. There weren't.

You guys bought that there was mass murder of babies going on in Kuwait; there wasn't.

You guys bought that we would be welcomed like liberators in Iraq. We weren't.

You guys bought that we would be done in a couple of weeks in Iran. We're still there with no end in sight.

You guys are ignoring that China has a vested interest in what passes through that strait... Pointing out that when China isn't going to sit on the sidelines and watch us wreck their economy....and they can hit back; hard. That isn't cheering for China. It's meant to sober you up. But your drunk on Orange Kool-Aid. There is no hope for you.

 

[candycorn]

That is right. The Strait of Hormuz is actually open now. Anyone can enter or leave going anywhere for any reason, EXCEPT traffic heading to or coming from Iran.

Iran is cut off from all sea traffic.

So lets say a tanker is going to run the blockade, the crew is armed, and starts resisting any boarding. Do we sink it? A simple yes or no please.

 

[toomuchtime_]

I'm rooting for China? Nope.

You guys bought that there was WMDs in Iraq. There weren't.

You guys bought that there was mass murder of babies going on in Kuwait; there wasn't.

You guys bought that we would be welcomed like liberators in Iraq. We weren't.

You guys bought that we would be done in a couple of weeks in Iran. We're still there with no end in sight.

You guys are ignoring that China has a vested interest in what passes through that strait... Pointing out that when China isn't going to sit on the sidelines and watch us wreck their economy....and they can hit back; hard. That isn't cheering for China. It's meant to sober you up. But your drunk on Orange Kool-Aid. There is no hope for you.

There you go again, rooting for China to to protect the ayatollahs' nuclear weapons program from the evil, cowardly Americans.

 

[toomuchtime_]

So lets say a tanker is going to run the blockade, the crew is armed, and starts resisting any boarding. Do we sink it? A simple yes or no please.

We would whatever is necessary to stop it, but it is unlikely the tanker would have to sunk to stop it.

 

[candycorn]

There you go again, rooting for China to to protect the ayatollahs' nuclear weapons program from the evil, cowardly Americans.

Not sure how you arrived at that moronic conclusion (neither or you). I think it's a MAGA reflex to take any analysis as an attack since you do no analysis previous to action.

 

[candycorn]

We would whatever is necessary to stop it, but it is unlikely the tanker would have to sunk to stop it.

Whatever is necessary...how do you stop a tanker if you can't get on board?

And, oh yeah, if you can get on board...who is to say that Iran hasn't booby-trapped the vessel to explode and essentially shut down the Strait to all traffic and kill our sailors?

 

[toomuchtime_]

Not sure how you arrived at that moronic conclusion (neither or you). I think it's a MAGA reflex to take any analysis as an attack since you do no analysis previous to action.

There was no analysis. You just put together a collection of lies that would lead China send warships into the Gulf to confront US warships to protect the ayatollahs nuclear weapons program. Clearly no amount of discounted Iranian oil would compensate China for the cost of an armed conflict with the US.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Whatever is necessary...how do you stop a tanker if you can't get on board?

And, oh yeah, if you can get on board...who is to say that Iran hasn't booby-trapped the vessel to explode and essentially shut down the Strait to all traffic and kill our sailors?

You target its engine or rudder, disabling the ship.

 

[candycorn]

There was no analysis. You just put together a collection of lies that would lead China send warships into the Gulf to confront US warships to protect the ayatollahs nuclear weapons program. Clearly no amount of discounted Iranian oil would compensate China for the cost of an armed conflict with the US.

Well, I never mentioned the ayatollah, nuclear weapons or a confrontation. So you dreamt that up out of nowhere.

I did mention that China isn't going to sit there with their formidable navy and just let the US wreck their economy.


Would we sit on the sidelines and watch? Nope. But you expect them to...

As I said, you're drunk on the Orange Koolaid and sobriety is not going to happen for a long time.

 

[candycorn]

You target its engine or rudder, disabling the ship.

And how do you "target" the rudder.

C'mon....you can say it....

 

[candycorn]

There was no analysis.

Actually there was.

I documented each time (I could have gone much deeper) the GOP has told us that sacrificing blood and treasure in the middle east is imperative. It only turned out to be true once in 40 years of republican invasions.