Yeah, I thought he was dead…

Blackbeard94 said:

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Yeah, I thought he was dead…

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Mahdi must have given it to the spokesperson.

Blackbeard94 said:

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Yeah, I thought he was dead…

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He is severely burned and disfigured. Possibly also missing a leg, but not dead.

There's a reason why they are not showing him.

LMCane said:

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nortex97 said:

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We really can't sustain 3 CSG's in the region for long, that was always going to be temporary. There's a saying that if you need one, you should have 3, to factor in one in training, one in maintenance for any number of military components. We have 11 but Nimitz is going to (finally) retire when she makes it to Norfolk I believe.

CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper is preparing to brief Trump on military options against Iran, including strikes, control of the Strait of Hormuz, and a special forces mission targeting enriched uranium. Trump favors a naval blockade for now but hasn't ruled out escalation.

Axios. pic.twitter.com/kcwK6N4Oao

— Polymarket Intel (@PolymarketIntel) April 30, 2026

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we crushed them with TWO Carrier Battle Groups

now that they have zero navy and zero air force and mostly destroyed SAM systems- two carriers is plenty.

as long as we have the Israeli Air Force right there with us- we can do more damage than any other military on the planet within 48 hours.

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Doubt we do it but we can also get Saudi Arabia and UAE to join the strikes. They want a part of the action since they have been hit by Iran

Raiderjay said:

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🚨 BREAKING

🇮🇷 IRAN WILL REMOVE THE U.S. BLOCKADE BY MILITARY FORCE.

FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI SAYS: “A NAVAL BLOCKADE MEANS A DECLARATION OF WAR.”

"OUR FIGHTERS MAY ACT AS SOON AS TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK"

THIS IS EXTREMELY BAD FOR THE MARKETS! pic.twitter.com/yoYSAkYWgb

— Wimar.X (@DefiWimar) April 30, 2026

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WTF are they going to do? lol

Go ahead and fire some missiles

I kind of actually hope they do fire missiles, I desperately want us to go in hard again and finish them off

The Fall Guy said:

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/katz-warns-israel-may-act-soon-to-eliminate-existential-threats-by-iran/

Israel getting itchy again.

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We basically baited Iran leaders on the first meeting. You know Israel has been watching their every step since those negotiations ended

I hesitate to ask, but why do you think CENTCOM isn't aware of this, or is intentionally ignoring it?

Why are we apparently letting ships pass through the blockade, at least according to that site quoted above?

My distant fear is that they've been stalling to cobble together some type of 'device'. Again, distant fear.

I support President Trump 110% but I think the only way to end this is to bomb infrastructure, power plants, water sources, etc. Trying to get them to capitulate by striking only military targets has not worked or we would've kept doing it. Never underestimate an adversary that is backed into a corner and has nothing to lose. Take them/their civilization out completely.

LMAO!!!

The world has witnessed Iran’s tolerance and conciliation. What is being done under the guise of a naval blockade is an extension of military operations against a nation paying the price for its resistance and independence. Continuation of this oppressive approach is intolerable.

— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) April 30, 2026

RINO Safari said:

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I support President Trump 110% but I think the only way to end this is to bomb infrastructure, power plants, water sources, etc. Trying to get them to capitulate by striking only military targets has not worked or we would've kept doing it. Never underestimate an adversary that is backed into a corner and has nothing to lose. Take them/their civilization out completely.

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Iran has 100M people.

There's going to have to be an internal fix to Iran - external change will never hold.

Eliminating 100M to rid ourselves of the threat of them building a nuke is kinda antithetical to the desire for them not to have a nuke.

it's not fake news that ships can pass. it's a very difficult task to block 100%. have you looked at how many vessels are in the area?

massively restricting is good enough to be successful in a blockade

2026NCAggies said:

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Raiderjay said:

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🚨 BREAKING

🇮🇷 IRAN WILL REMOVE THE U.S. BLOCKADE BY MILITARY FORCE.

FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI SAYS: “A NAVAL BLOCKADE MEANS A DECLARATION OF WAR.”

"OUR FIGHTERS MAY ACT AS SOON AS TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK"

THIS IS EXTREMELY BAD FOR THE MARKETS! pic.twitter.com/yoYSAkYWgb

— Wimar.X (@DefiWimar) April 30, 2026

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WTF are they going to do? lol

Go ahead and fire some missiles

I kind of actually hope they do fire missiles, I desperately want us to go in hard again and finish them off

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Whole release was to stir up our leftists!

sts7049 said:

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it's not fake news that ships can pass. it's a very difficult task to block 100%. have you looked at how many vessels are in the area?

massively restricting is good enough to be successful in a blockade

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Any ship may pass through the SoH, unless they are leaving or transiting to Iranian ports. All Iranian ports are off limits.

I know what the blockade is

annie88 said:

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Iran's military force farce.

Makes me chuckle.

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FIFY.

sts7049 said:

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it's not fake news that ships can pass. it's a very difficult task to block 100%. have you looked at how many vessels are in the area?

massively restricting is good enough to be successful in a blockade

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Also,

Ships that docked in Iran by spoofing their location in iraq are getting uncovered with consumer grade satellite services. Even if it slipped through the first time, america can easily decide it wants to go stop that same boat when it comes back for the next trip.

RINO Safari said:

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I support President Trump 110% but I think the only way to end this is to bomb infrastructure, power plants, water sources, etc. Trying to get them to capitulate by striking only military targets has not worked or we would've kept doing it. Never underestimate an adversary that is backed into a corner and has nothing to lose. Take them/their civilization out completely.

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Opening the strait ourselves is probably top priority along with Uranium extraction.

I think you do not bomb their water, that is going a little far. I would start with the remaining military assets, then the rails, bridges and roads leaving the country and ports. THEN some of their major electric hubs that supply their military. Also bomb their small boat fleet.

Let Israel take care of the leaders and IRGC soldiers. You have to figure out a way to gather a large group to revolt, and arm them, give them air support. Let Israel take all that on

That is a lot of items to bomb and things to do. But it will lead to an outright win

With regards to Uranium, we will either make a deal OR mow the grass until is gets safer to go in and take it

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Sims said:

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RINO Safari said:

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I support President Trump 110% but I think the only way to end this is to bomb infrastructure, power plants, water sources, etc. Trying to get them to capitulate by striking only military targets has not worked or we would've kept doing it. Never underestimate an adversary that is backed into a corner and has nothing to lose. Take them/their civilization out completely.

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Iran has 100M people.

There's going to have to be an internal fix to Iran - external change will never hold.

Eliminating 100M to rid ourselves of the threat of them building a nuke is kinda antithetical to the desire for them not to have a nuke.

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Not really. I'll sacrifice 100M of theirs to save 100M of ours.

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I generally don't disagree with you if that were the actual binary choice. With that being said, do you find it so hard to believe that they were pursuing a nuke under the exact same rationale you are offering as your own justification?

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I generally don't disagree with you if that were the actual binary choice. With that being said, do you find it so hard to believe that they were pursuing a nuke under the exact same rationale you are offering as your own justification?

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Yea, that's a weak strawman.

If they abandoned their nuke, quit molesting the SOH, quit funding terror proxies, and limit their military to defensive only then their citizens would not have a reason to worry.

OldArmy71 said:

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Why are we apparently letting ships pass through the blockade, at least according to that site quoted above?

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Because there are allies, especially in East Asia that depend on that oil?

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Sims said:

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I generally don't disagree with you if that were the actual binary choice. With that being said, do you find it so hard to believe that they were pursuing a nuke under the exact same rationale you are offering as your own justification?

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Yea, that's a weak strawman.

If they abandoned their nuke, quit molesting the SOH, quit funding terror proxies, and limit their military to defensive only then their citizens would not have a reason to worry.

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Fair on the strawman, I'll concede that.

But the underlying point holds: regimes draw lessons from US behavior. Iraq and Libya disarmed and got regime-changed.

North Korea didn't disarm and is still standing. That's not me justifying Iran, it's me explaining why your four conditions are unreachable as starting points. You're asking them to disarm before negotiations begin, while the poster I was originally responding to is openly discussing exterminating their civilization.

From their seat, why would they?

LMCane said:

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let's go back to the way back machine:

didn't the Islamic Republic agree to OPEN THE STRAITS

in exchange for the IDF and the USAF and USN agreeing to stop blowing them to pieces?

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Trump said mean things about their missile strikes and orientation of Supreme Leader. That means war amongst the 12ers.

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OldArmy71 said:

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Why are we apparently letting ships pass through the blockade, at least according to that site quoted above?

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because that site has incorrect information like most of the internet?

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All that site showed was that empty tankers were able to go to Iran to get filled up. We are blockading ships carrying cargo into Iran (like the Chinese one we stopped that was full of dual use components) and ships leaving Iran loaded with oil or other products. None of the info from that site shows that we missed either. We have no reason to need to stop an empty tanker from entering the gulf. We don't care if they go load up at Kharg Island. We will care if they try to leave the gulf while claiming to be from Iraq.

OldArmy71 said:

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Why are we apparently letting ships pass through the blockade, at least according to that site quoted above?

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According to Sal at What's Going On With Shipping...
They're hugging Italian, than Pakistani, then Indian territorial waters. Those that do that get tracked and we're stopping them in international waters or in the Strait of Mallaca

Doesn't allowing Iran to offload fuel to ships ease the pressure on their storage facilities?

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-april-30-2026/

Locked an loaded. Israel expect war will start up next week

SanDiegoAg12 said:

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Doesn't allowing Iran to offload fuel to ships ease the pressure on their storage facilities?

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Sure, it helps them. But I doubt we are capable of stopping and boarding ships as far north as Kharg Island with the lack of naval assets in the northern Gulf. We declared the blockade and appear to be ready to support it at the mouth of the SoH, stopping cargo going to and from Iranian ports. While it may be in our interests to stop those ships from loading, I don't think our declared blockade location and naval assets available are capable of enforcing it in the area those ships are operating.