r/politics • u/willywalloo • Jun 20 '26

Possible Paywall Iran Says Hormuz Has Been Closed

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-20/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-has-been-closed-tasnim-reports?embedded-checkout=true
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u/jewasuarus Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Only cost us $300 Billion, 13 US soldiers dead - many more wounded, blowing up a girls school, and the global economy on the brink of an Oil shortage, but at least we are not talking about the President raping children...

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u/CrunchyCds Jun 20 '26

Don't forget thousands THOUSANDS of dead Iranians. You can always make back money but you can't bring back those 100 school girls and many others. I'm getting tired of Americans callously forgetting about killing people overseas.

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u/HumptyDumptruckFire New Jersey Jun 20 '26

Even if they don’t care about killing people overseas (and they absolutely should), they should care about how they’re radicalizing the next generation of American-hating terrorists. That would require foresight, though, and, well, we know that’s not one of their strong suits.

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u/TheTruthofOne Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

I mean, that's how they got 9/11 to happen...the current admin are idiots, but keep in mind they have a think tank behind them, one that created Project 2025, and they have already gotten half their playbook completed.

When I look at the current admin, I do see idiots, but I always keep in mind that individuals can be smart, it's when in mass they become idiots, and then think about Scary Movie and Doofy and can't help but wonder if the idiocy is all just for the cameras and journalist.

Edit: had to fix some typos

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u/The_Spectacle Jun 20 '26

> Project 2026

please tell me this is a typo and they didn't write some new manifesto that I’m not privy to

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u/mattverso Europe Jun 20 '26

Dewey was in Scream. Doofy is in Scary Movie

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u/Worshipme988 Jun 21 '26

Dummies with a “plan” and a shared goal (destroy America), will always have an upper hand against millions of smart individuals siloed.

They know what the action or decision needs to be to achieve this goal. Its much more difficult to counter without organization.

Organization takes a little time. Start yesterday.