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Trump says US to pause operation to guide vessels through Strait of Hormuz
TheTimeKnifehttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clypekl71gdo
The US operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for a “short period of time”, President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening. Trump said that “Project Freedom”, which began days earlier, would be halted by “mutual agreement” because “great progress” had been made toward a deal with Iran. Iranian state media characterised it as a victory, saying the pause demonstrated that Trump “retreated” after “continued failures” to reopen the vital waterway for global shipping. The US president’s announcement came as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the initial US-Israeli offensive in Iran - Operation Epic Fury - was over after achieving its objectives. In a post on social media, Trump said that he had made the decision “based on the request of Pakistan”, which has acted as an intermediary between the US and Iran. He added that the US blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place.
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… So is the US on defense, now?
The fuck does that mean? Fucking alcoholic shit
LemmayngIt means what Trump doesn’t want to hear: That he’s on the backfoot, that he’s losing (even more), that he’s run out of manpower, that he’s retreating, that he’s WEAK.
His weak little baby feet should tell everyone how weak and pathetic he is. Loser just stopped his navy escorts because Iran told him too. Like a bitch.
apftwbWe have to change the sign on the Pentagon again.
AlmaccaIt’s he going to do it by being a massive blow-hard?
TropicalDingdongSo it is a war?
KrustyTDS played those clips last night with Trump explaining it’s a military operation not a war for legal reasons… Then he calls it a war moments later.
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SpruceBringsteenThere have been 10 attacks on US troops while under this “ceasefire.”
It’s a war.
Lacking any real plan for ending the mess they started they’re just going to throw their weight into delaying consequences as long as they can. Unfortunately their creativity is limited to the most transparent lies.
SeeMarkFlySchrödinger’s War
If we win, it was a war
If we lose, it was a police action.
This war was always offensive. Just in a different sense of the word.
Boomer Humor DoomergodStill seems pretty offensive to me
Oh good, so now we have entered the Endless Quagmire stage. The defense contractors will be thrilled.
quick_snailRubio said: leaders should “check themselves before they wreck themselves in the direction that they’re going”. WTF is that. Was that early 90s when it was briefly popular. A whole generation just cringed.
PeppycitoFuck me. I had $100k on him saying “Don’t go chasing waterfalls” What am I going to tell my wife? I’ve lost everything
SnausagesinaBlanket
every single comment coming out of a white house official right now is to manipulate the oil markets.
Say you are getting your ass kicked without saying you are getting your ass kicked. Stupidest and weakest leader in history.
CubitOomoh, it is about iran… i read the headline and thought he is talking about his attempts to steal the elections….
Didn’t the founders call it project freedom?
And now’s the time to pause it. Got it.
spoiler
:P
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Just under the wire
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And cinco de mayo. How could he pass up on the chance?
Oh yeah, it’s Tuesday. 🌮
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So the US navy has been defeated again. Great work guys
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’Operation Epic Fury’?
If WW II happened right now, we’d be drained and exhausted of resources and manpower under this fuck. It’d be like Germany was towards the end of the war with Hitler expecting things to work themselves out when, oh shit, things were getting underminded before he knew it and he still believed he and his army was the shit.