The straight is 650' deep & 22 miles wide, it would take one helluva lot of sunk ships to physically block it.
It could be mined, more likely just attack any shipping. Somehow I don't think trump would just do nothing in that case. This could get pretty nasty yet but I think it would be localising to that water
We are not at war with Iran. A single defensive action was taken to prevent a promised nuclear attack. Obama bombed 7 countries (26000 bombs) without congressional approval. Trump is the only president to follow thru with statements about preventing Iran from finalizing a nuclear ballistic missile. A big issue is the 1500+ known Iranian terrorists Biden let into the country. Be vigilant, report any suspicion activity especially around utilities and large gatherings.
Agree with spotstalkshoot, are not at war. It would take Congress to declare a war or the Iranian Parliament (or whatever it's called) to declare a war.
I have a lot of thoughts, but I'll keep mostly silent and just say that I hope we as a country can muster the political fortitude to see this all the way through. We have a bad habit of getting involved in this kind of stuff and then getting bored/tired and quitting before it's really done.
Looks like it's pretty much a done deal... What did we gain
No war
removal of the designated targets. Great B2 target practice for the Air Force.
peace treaty with Iran and Israel
Target practice for the US troops around base in Qater, now we know they can effectively hit Iranian missiles pretty well.
And I got to mow my grass today
Looks like a win in my silly opinion.
Rinse and repeat in the next 2 years when they start building again.
"peace treaty with Iran and Israel" nope Cease Fire only. We'll see. News said that Trump said some damage to the air base but no injuries. "they can effectively hit Iranian missiles pretty well." Hmm. No pics yet.
"Iran does have enough material for several weapons. But this should not be equated with a nuclear weapon. We do not have at this point ... any tangible proof that there is a program, or a plan, to fabricate, to manufacture a nuclear weapon. If there was some activity which was clandestine or hidden or away from our inspectors, we couldn't know." —UN IAEA chief Rafael Grossi declaring, in stark contrast to previous assessments, that Iran does have nuclear material to construct bombs
"peace treaty with Iran and Israel" nope Cease Fire only. We'll see. News said that Trump said some damage to the air base but no injuries. "they can effectively hit Iranian missiles pretty well." Hmm. No pics yet.
Yeah going off the news from the wife... in her running to the garage update while I'm making ammo.
OK cease fire.
Prior to posting I had considered not to do so. Okay Thank you for the correction.
SO, they buried one of their nuclear sites deep under a mountain within hardened bunkers and enriched uranium way beyond the % needed for nuclear energy, sure sounds to me like they had plans well beyond just nuclear energy!
Iran having nuclear weapons would be a disaster for the region, especially Israel, personally I'm glad that measures were taken to prevent them from having them, at least for now!
i dont believe they wanted to make nuclear missiles, just suit case sized bombs big enough to wipe out several thousand people.
i just read an article where more than a thousand iranian nationals were detained at the southern border and just let go during the biden administration. DHS has no idea where they are.