Originally Posted by
ORAC
Originally Posted by
Wyntor
Over here in US.
Just heard that POTUS says they have destroyed 100% of Iran's military capability.....but they will still use their drones, missiles and mines to try and close the Strait.
Is it me?
Trashing a Kilo in Banda Abass, nearly 2 weeks into a tiff that involves the closure of the Straits of Hormuz, seems good, but late. No Iranian sub should have existed after the first shots were fired. At the same time, having destroyed 100% of Irans military capability and with active blockading of the said straits... surprising to see grey skimmers in the same image that aren't sitting with big holes in their centers and needing plimsoll lines around their radar masts too.
Originally Posted by
langleybaston
BBC online: Trump demands UK send ships to Strait of Hormuz.
Could hardly have come at a worse time.
We have a conjunction of rudderless government, a very attenuated RN and a difficult geopolitical situation. Plus Trump.
Time to start cancelling exercises and scrape something together, or lose all military and political credibility.
"Plus Trump"
LB, good to know that you have no TDS symptoms, congratulations. Personally, I am left wondering if the rat cunning plan being conducted here is to confuse the Iranians to the point they go and visit their psychologists and get fitted for straight jackets as they have every right to be scratching their head as to whether they are part of a war, an excursion, insider trading, being assisted by Russia while Russia smiles on F-troop giving Vlad a windfall profit from the spike in oil prices, and then lifting sanctions on that very commodity. Vlad has true friends showing the largesse of the WH adding to Vlad's pension fund. Catch-22.