His supporters are ecstatic...they think he's gonna land Yanqui troops there. Don and his real estate war advisor buddies may be fantasising about a new middle eastern Island Trump Tower, but clearly noone in the military has been asked if they have enough body bags...I suspect the short answer would be no, because if he goes ahead theres seems to me little doubt the hoary old maxim about Hubris leading to Nemesis will also rise to the occasion.
Oh and no doubt that will be the oil price up to $200 a barrel shortly: economically the world is also quickly moving into disaster territory.
To summarize the Kharg Island thing: * Trump ordered a strike but it didn't target the oil terminal
* Kharg has already been struck earlier in the war and it's dubious that it has any significant military assets on it anyway
* He threatened to target the oil terminal if Iran doesn't immediately reopen the strait (which they won't)
* Targeting the oil terminal would just drive the price of crude higher, doing so would make no sense
* The USN still isn't halting Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf or implementing a counter blockade
* MEU (Marine Expeditionary Force) is en route but it's two weeks away
* Any landing force would be highly vulnerable to Iranian rocket systems and drones
* Even if Kharg was taken and the oil there held hostage, the Iranians have other options for export
* If Trump orders the systematic destruction of Iranian oil terminals they would have no reason not to mine the strait and destroy all the oil infrastructure in the rest of the Gulf
* None of this would do anything to open the strait
This entire exercise seems pointless and idiotic.
This must be the kind of 'defensive strike' starmer was talking about, eh? (nm)
on March 14, 2026, 4:10 am