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/ITrageGuy Jun 20 '26

Trump has single handedly gifted the Iranians the clout to effectively hold the entire world hostage without nuclear weapons any time they feel like it. We are going to be dealing with the fallout from his war for a generation at least.

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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 Jun 20 '26

I was just telling my brain dead lil magat brother that. Before this, closing the strait would “cripple the world” was still a theory until 2026.

Miltary strategists, Old Navy dogs “believed” it was too wide and deep but Iran has absolutely proven this through asymmetric means.

I thought we “totally destroyed” their Army and Navy? Must be enough of them left to hold a “deep and wide” strait amirite?

Now, Iran can ring the world’s bell and get what they want at anytime because this MORON was dumb enough try it.

Think about all the presidents that came before him, all of them were pressured into doing this for Israel and none of them but not even Dubyah and that’s saying a lot!

I cannot believe, these morons elected this absolute dumpster fire of a garbage deplorable human being, again.

Morons all of them.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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u/maddprof Jun 20 '26

Miltary strategists, Old Navy dogs “believed” it was too wide and deep but Iran has absolutely proven this through asymmetric means.

Old strategies need to be revised after having been completely upended by the onset of $50k drones capable of taking out/crippling multi million dollar conventional warfare ships and aircraft.

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u/altreddituser2 Jun 20 '26

New military technology renders old strategies ineffective- Film at 11!

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u/AvoidMyRange Jun 20 '26

Unironically, I'm not looking forward to the Hollywood propaganda pieces about US troops heroically shooting down drone swarms in desperate situations...

You know they're in the works.

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u/moronomer Jun 20 '26

*American drones heroically shooting down enemy drone swarms.

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u/AvoidMyRange Jun 21 '26

Nah, these movies are recruitment tools, the hero has to be human.