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Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?

hormuz.pythonic.ninja

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Re: Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?

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The smiley button does not seem to be doing anything.

Good to see minesweeper is still existing today.

As for "winning" - Trump will say everything, from A to the opposite Z. It is the flood-the-zone-with-shit strategy, as explained in the 1980s by Yuri:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9apDnRRSOCk

So, rather than evaluate what Trump says, one has to evaluate what is happening.

What I see right now is the USA committing more and more to the invasion. Ground troops will come next; first as "limited range", lateron as Vietnam 2.0. Trump is kind of like Lyndon B. Johnson now, just that the country is Iran rather than Vietnam.

Re: Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?

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post #58
post #48

Ok, I did win. Do I get cheaper gasoline now?

Probably not. Afaik only the Dutch have eaten their leader in a time of desperation and while I'm not saying that other nations should have taken notes, we are probably all thinking it...

I don’t think it was in desperation but to disrespect him for his crimes

Re: Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?

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post #206

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>> In reality someone made a mistake. It can happen. It should be investigated. It should not deter from achieving the military objectives. You should really unpack these statements, especially if you're trying to have a "grown up conversation". You're saying that no price is too high for achieving military objectives, even those that are very unclear and unilaterally defined without justification by a easily distrac…

He isn't saying that at all, though. He is saying that by the nature of war, innocent people will die. Everyone knows this, which is why international law is based on proportionality, not on whether or not a single civilian was harmed.

So you're saying that killing 150 school girls is a proportionate response to what, exactly? The children would have been safe if their parents would have preemptively sent them away to Epstein's Kid Rock?

Re: Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?

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post #21

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It might not be. It might be. Uncertainty is the point of what Iran is doing. There might be mines in the straight that are sophisticated enough to be armed, disarmed, or moved on command, or there might not. There might be artillery emplacements* hidden and not found, ready to pop up... or there might not. There are probably still plenty of drones and missiles all over the country that can be called down on Hormuz a…

Lloyds who are one of the biggest players have indicated cover is available. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/20/risk-london...

So Lloyds is willing to reimburse the first crash test dummy if things go wrong while testing the waters. But unless they've figured out how to bring people back to life I don't think I'd want to be on the crew.

Re: Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?

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post #306

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We’ve seen with Palestine that human suffering, unfortunately, does not motivate Americans like gas prices do. So it’s not a reflection of my priorities so much as something to point to to get people to stop supporting Trump’s policies. At the end of the day, we have heard the same thing for a decade. Ignore his tone, ignore his words, ignore this or that policy, because the economy is/is going to be great. When the…

This is not about Trump. Sorry about Oct. 7th. Israel has a right to defend herself. Sorry terrorists hide behind their own children. All human life is valuable.

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