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TomSlick

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2. It's a little late for this.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:24 PM

Sunday

There were two US warships in the Strait this weekend.

They were ostensibly clearing mines. What they were really doing was a freedom of navigation exercise, threatening the Iranians to attack.

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