"At a meeting in the Oval Office last week, a frustrated Mr. Trump pressed Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about why the United States could not immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz

[erikjonker@mastodon.social]

"At a meeting in the Oval Office last week, a frustrated Mr. Trump pressed Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about why the United States could not immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The answer was straightforward: Even one Iranian soldier or militia member zipping across the narrow neck of the strait in a speedboat could fire a mobile missile right into a slow-moving supertanker, or plant a limpet mine on its hull."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/trump-stark-choices-iran-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TlA.MWFY.Z-vZXb9voC5a&smid=nytcore-android-share
#iran #trump #hormuz

[zhaomo@mastodon.social]

@ErikJonker the president asking why the military can't immediately do the thing is the military telling you, through that question, that it cannot.

[frieke72@mastodon.social]

@ErikJonker he's too narcissistic autocrat to really listen. Let alone follow expert advice. He'll drag half the world with him in his delusions

[myerman@turtleisland.social]

@ErikJonker wow - what a clown show:

But he was asking for backup from allies who were largely not consulted about the decision to plunge into the war in the first place. (Just a week ago he had told Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain not to bother sending two aircraft carriers to the region because “we don’t need them any longer,” adding that “we don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!”)

[joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social]

@ErikJonker

After you've started a criminal war of choice is a really bad time to ask questions about what can be done to stop something that was inevitable if you decide to start a criminal war of choice.

Massive hubris and ego meets reality...

[thriftwicker@mastodon.social]

@ErikJonker Ooh. Stark choices for stinky lil boss baby. Has he considered dropping dead?

[erinmc2@mastodon.social]

@ErikJonker
According to Phillips O'Brien, and he knows his stuff, the US thought this 'excursion' into Iran would be almost as quick as Venezuela. Their ignorance, hubris and war crimes are now on the world stage. Unfortunately, Canadians live next door to this dumpster fire of a country. FO Trump.