🌎 USA vs. Iran

[Krimson]

Iran's control of the straits didn't last very long.

Trump says U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz and intercept ships that paid tolls to Iran

President Trump said the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships from entering or exiting the Strait of Hormuz and intercept vessels that have paid tolls to Iran.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[It Takes Eleven]

It's a 20 minute drive from the house to Joint Base Charleston. I know this for a fact having played that golf course A LOT before restrictions and access became as limited as they are today. Miles? Just under 10.

Yesterday, while watching the UF v UGA baseball game, I heard planes coming from the base. Loud. The second one I heard was enough for me to step outside to look. F-18's? I think. I don't know for sure. They were too high for the naked eye to get any real reference other than the outline. A total of eight took off within a span of around two minutes; less than to be honest. It was quick.

Here's the thing that strikes me everytime. Loud. LOUD. Those planes weren't any bigger than the end of a pencil to my eye but they were strong enough, even at that altitude, to shake everything a little. I could literally "feel the noise."

I say all of that to say this.

IF it's that loud here, at that altitude, I can't begin to imagine how loud it must be when you are on the receiving end of one of their bombing runs.
I'm posting this while hearing a string of either C-17's or 141's leaving the base ... and they are loaded.

Many times, the guys on the receiving end never get to hear an approaching jet. Blue Angels "practice" at their home base in Pensacola - I always love the "sneak attack" from a single Blue Angel, coming from over the water, skims over the pines and he's over you and gone before you hear him.

 

[TerryP]

Many times, the guys on the receiving end never get to hear an approaching jet. Blue Angels "practice" at their home base in Pensacola - I always love the "sneak attack" from a single Blue Angel, coming from over the water, skims over the pines and he's over you and gone before you hear him.

Like a snipers bullet.

The base is to the SW. As soon as I hear them I'm looking to the NW knowing the first have already flown past. The only thing I've heard louder was AF1 leaving and I'll swear I heard that while the plane was powering up on the tarmac.

 

[TerryP]

Y'all know how my mind works: aimlessly.

I was just cleaning my spreader. It's rotary, and not one of those cheap models. I've had it for years. I noticed when I was spraying off the bottom that the piece that spins was made in China, basket made in the USA. Mind mind went...

China > plastic > petroleum.

Bringing this back ...

I think most would agree that China is the biggest "threat" to the US. They've lost their #1 and #1 oil sources this year starting with Venezuela. Do you see where I'm going here? By putting the blockade in place, aren't we looking at the US controlling China's oil imports? I'm not trying to overstate something here. But, isn't the US basically controlling the global oil supply? (Not 100 percent, mind you, the majority.)

Going back in the thread... "if things remain the same."

Today, this morning, the global energy flow is different than it was days ago.

And I don't think it ends this way.

 

[Krimson]

Y'all know how my mind works: aimlessly.

I was just cleaning my spreader. It's rotary, and not one of those cheap models. I've had it for years. I noticed when I was spraying off the bottom that the piece that spins was made in China, basket made in the USA. Mind mind went...

China > plastic > petroleum.

Bringing this back ...

I think most would agree that China is the biggest "threat" to the US. They've lost their #1 and #1 oil sources this year starting with Venezuela. Do you see where I'm going here? By putting the blockade in place, aren't we looking at the US controlling China's oil imports? I'm not trying to overstate something here. But, isn't the US basically controlling the global oil supply? (Not 100 percent, mind you, the majority.)

Going back in the thread... "if things remain the same."

Today, this morning, the global energy flow is different than it was days ago.

And I don't think it ends this way.

I think that was a large part of why the actions were taken, just can't be said out loud.

 

[Sid Youngleman]

Nothing like cleaning one's spreader to bring on an epiphany.

 

[ElephantStomp]

This entire thing has been a clusterfuck and was mishandled by the US from the beginning. Send in the VP and others to negotiate, that went amazingly awesome. Now we got the President going after the Pope and depicting himself as Christ, but but it’s actually him as. Red Cross worker “helping people”…….but we’re great by golly

 

[TerryP]

This entire thing has been a clusterfuck and was mishandled by the US from the beginning. Send in the VP and others to negotiate, that went amazingly awesome. Now we got the President going after the Pope and depicting himself as Christ, but but it’s actually him as. Red Cross worker “helping people”…….but we’re great by golly

I find people getting upset about the picture hilarious. So many against what's going on with Iran...where if the same would have been done with Mohammad we'd see someone dead.

Mishandled from the beginning...I'll assume you're going back to the '70's here, right?

I know you say a lot off the cuff. We all do. I'm going to assume your comment about talks in Pakistan was just that, an off the cuff comment. I don't believe, for a milisecond, you thing Iran having nuclear capabilities is a good thing. They refused to give that up in those talks. I'm happy the VPOTUS walked away. No one believes that's a good idea including Iran's closest neighbors.

 

[TerryP]

Sightseeing? I'm sure.

 

[TerryP]

To hopefully avoid any misundestanding, I think the meme was in poor taste. It is a meme.

I'm also heavily inclined to believe it was a troll with the Pope as its intended target. I have no problems with that. He deserves every bit, in my opinion.