Link to tweet

Because these are the people who voted for this disaster.

They are plenty big enough to carve through any armada!

Fill 'em up, folks! Do MAGA proud.

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by throwing "them" commie LGBT+ "sinners" in the burning underground concentration camps to torture them forever...

What they missed is, the rich won't pass through the needle holes...

This man is definitely unstable and deserves to be fired. Hell, fire all of Murdoch's clowns at this point.

I am all for criticizing Graham - for numerous reasons, but are you thinking of Lindsey's previous love object John McCain ?
McCain famously said
"it's like that song.
Bomb, bomb, bomb
bomb, bomb, Iran.
heh heh heh"

But McCain managed to keep Graham "in check" for a number of wild things. And when he passed away, Graham had no more guardrails, which is why we are here today with this mess.

I was here during the 2008 Obama/McCain primary (and when that video of McCain's "Bomb Bomb" mess happened) and there was lots of discussion about the two of them, and later the post-McCain wild man Graham.

John McCain did.

Total fucking psychopath.

Really? He doesn't know how a mirror works?

I was thinking more like a sideshow mirror where your image is completely distorted...

Apropos this carnival of malevolent miscreants.

so that was the first thing that came to mind!

"If you can't spot the mark, you're it."

Rough translation: If you can't identify the stupid guy in the room, you ARE the stupid guy in the room.

Trump is essentially telling the prime minister, "Nice little country you've got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it if you don't send ships to the Strait of Hormuz" :mafiadon:

Japan has said it doesn't want to send military ships to the Persian Gulf. But Trump is threatening Japan if it doesn't send ships. The US has 2 dozen military bases in Japan. Trump has already directed some of the Japan-based US military to the Middle East, and wants Japan to send more of its military to the Middle East, even though Japan has no real beef with the Middle East, and is facing threats from China, Russia and North Korea in its home territory. At the same time, China is threatening Japan's friend, Taiwan.

You all need that shit tattooed to your foreheads

Then why in the hell are we there. For deflection from the Epstein file, perhaps ?

The mad Mullahs announced months ago tha they'd close the Strait if they were attacked. They also threatened every US base in the region, along with the countries that host/leased them.

Apparently the Pentagon had planned to protect the Strait from the beginning but were overruled by a micromanaging Fatso, who thinks he knows everything and will listen to no one. He reallty thought a few days of heavy bombardment would cause religious fanatics to capitulate. One lesson of the last century is that a massive bombing campaign doesn't work, rather causing a country to rally around even the worst governments. Fatso didn't get the memo, or just ate it if he did.

I sincerely hope he's not lying about stoopping the bombing just short of having to go back to a Congress that is growing increasingly hostile to continue his vicious bungling. It's only during the aftermath that political things have a chance of happening in Iran. they will fall into line behind the IRGC until then.

and all he has to do is throw the first punch and he wins.

was because he knew Israel was going to attack first and steal his "glory."

But no one took notice.

Close the Straight? Done!
Attack US interests in the region? Done!

American exceptionalism, overconfidence, or stupidity?

Can't decide which - probably all three.

Oliver and Hardy quote.

Except no one wants to help or clean it up.

Approximately 0.5 million barrels per day
In 2024, the United States imported approximately 0.5 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil and condensate from Persian Gulf countries through the Strait of Hormuz, accounting for about 7% of total U.S. crude oil and condensate imports and 2% of U.S. petroleum liquids consumption. This figure reflects the importance of the Strait as a critical chokepoint for global oil supplies, with oil flow averaging 20 million barrels per day (b/d), which is about 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption.

The above is the results I got from a Google search on how much oil America imports through the Strait of Hormuz. 7% speaks pretty loudly. To me, that points toward gas rationing within a month - perhaps a 10 gallon limit.