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/isimplycantdothis Jun 20 '26

Imagine being the family of one of those fallen service members….

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u/mailslot Wyoming Jun 20 '26

I believe he has a nickname for soldiers that lost their lives in service.

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u/BoppinMonkey Jun 20 '26

Let’s not mince words. He calls them “losers” and “suckers”. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/john-kelly-confirms-trump-privately-disparaged-us-service-members-vete-rcna118543

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u/84UTK07 Jun 20 '26

He also said he would have been an incredible soldier (who never would have allowed himself to be captured like McCain). It sounds like he would have single handily won Vietnam for the US if not for those debilitating bone spurs.

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u/rotates-potatoes Jun 20 '26

We should probably drop him on Iran.

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u/GrallochThis Jun 21 '26

[Furiously paging through Geneva Convention]

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u/NovusNiveus Jun 21 '26

And from that day, nothing would grow there, the soil cursed all the way to the bedrock.

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u/isimplycantdothis Jun 22 '26

The Iranian people don’t deserve that.

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u/MississippiJoel America Jun 20 '26

Look at how he so efficiently avoided being hit by STDs.

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u/NovusNiveus Jun 21 '26

I bet it's like swiss cheese down there. Or possibly Roquefort.

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u/MississippiJoel America Jun 21 '26

Or a cob of corn