Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) posted this summary of a 2 hour briefing today by the White House on the Iran War.
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@AkaSci WTF happened to Graham. It's like aliens took him up to the mothership sometime in the late 2010s and returned him with a personality transplant.
I agree with many other folks: It seems like somebody is holding some stuff over him. Somebody who likes spray on tans and spray on gold.
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) posted this summary of a 2 hour briefing today by the White House on the Iran War.
Non-goal - destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Non-goal - regime change.
Strait of Hormuz - no plan.
Goal - destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.
When the bombing stops and production restarts - more bombing, endless war.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social/post/3mgqotmihcs2w
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1/nHere is his interview on MS NOW where he makes many of these same points...
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Video: MS NOW | Sen. Chris Murphy | Iran War A Disaster Of Epic Proportions "I just came from a two hour classified briefing on the war. It was totally incoherent. We are not going to get able to achieve any of our stated objectives." He goes on to paint a gruesome picture of our future prospects. Likes the situation to putting a broken egg back together. https://youtu.be/1cPNGa10BpI?si=oHXHWuX3qOjZDIUs
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Meanwhile, the war rages on.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre says it has received a report of damage to a container vessel 25 nautical miles northwest of Ra’s al Khaymah, UAE, in the strait of Hormuz.
https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/20260311-ukmto_warning_018-26.pdf?rev=1cb01c63797849e2bbc1f6b17b99bfca
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There are a large number of ships clustered on the two sides of the Strait of Hormuz, with a few trying to traverse the narrow channel.
There is a smaller cluster NW of Ra’s al Khaymah, UAE.
That's a lot of oil that is not moving to the nations that depend on it for lighting, heating and cooling, transportation, computers, factories, ...
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.4/centery:26.1/zoom:9
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There are a large number of ships clustered on the two sides of the Strait of Hormuz, with a few trying to traverse the narrow channel.
There is a smaller cluster NW of Ra’s al Khaymah, UAE.
That's a lot of oil that is not moving to the nations that depend on it for lighting, heating and cooling, transportation, computers, factories, ...
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.4/centery:26.1/zoom:9
#UsPol
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@n_dimension @AkaSci Either or...just like Trump does.
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Lindsey Graham seems to be planning and running this war on a parallel track.
Now he is asking mothers and fathers to send their sons and daughters over to the Mideast to fight (and die) for ... Saudi Arabia.
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2/nThat dude is such a POS.
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Lindsey Graham seems to be planning and running this war on a parallel track.
Now he is asking mothers and fathers to send their sons and daughters over to the Mideast to fight (and die) for ... Saudi Arabia.
#UsPol
2/n@AkaSci Iran should consider Lindsey Graham as a legit military target.
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Lindsey Graham seems to be planning and running this war on a parallel track.
Now he is asking mothers and fathers to send their sons and daughters over to the Mideast to fight (and die) for ... Saudi Arabia.
#UsPol
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Lindsey Graham seems to be planning and running this war on a parallel track.
Now he is asking mothers and fathers to send their sons and daughters over to the Mideast to fight (and die) for ... Saudi Arabia.
#UsPol
2/n@AkaSci all while saying this:
“When this regime goes down, we are going to have a new Middle East, and we are going to make a tonne of money,”
‘We’re going to make a tonne of money’: US Senator Graham on US war on Iran
The veteran GOP senator appears to suggest that the war on Iran was launched to gain control over its oil supplies.
Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) posted this summary of a 2 hour briefing today by the White House on the Iran War.
Non-goal - destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Non-goal - regime change.
Strait of Hormuz - no plan.
Goal - destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.
When the bombing stops and production restarts - more bombing, endless war.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social/post/3mgqotmihcs2w
#UsPol
1/n@AkaSci what are the goals? For a "president" who thinks it makes a plausible story to tell IRN would launch an attack on their own ppl/girls school just to make him look bad & to think his military is stupid enough to have the missiles for this exact attack stolen from under their nose there are only 3 reasons to start & keep going this war: 1 #TrumpEpsteinFiles distraction 2 #midterms2026 avoidance 3 it is not his money
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Lindsey Graham seems to be planning and running this war on a parallel track.
Now he is asking mothers and fathers to send their sons and daughters over to the Mideast to fight (and die) for ... Saudi Arabia.
#UsPol
2/n@AkaSci lead the way Lindsey, after you, your kids, after Felon 47 & his crime family, after Kegseth & his kids, Johnson & his kids, maybe others might follow.
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@AkaSci all while saying this:
“When this regime goes down, we are going to have a new Middle East, and we are going to make a tonne of money,”
‘We’re going to make a tonne of money’: US Senator Graham on US war on Iran
The veteran GOP senator appears to suggest that the war on Iran was launched to gain control over its oil supplies.
Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
@BenjaminKlein @AkaSci he is implying 2 different meanings of "we".
1 we are fighting = USamericans dying
2 we are making money = the top 1% Guardians Of Pedophiles are making more money -
There are a large number of ships clustered on the two sides of the Strait of Hormuz, with a few trying to traverse the narrow channel.
There is a smaller cluster NW of Ra’s al Khaymah, UAE.
That's a lot of oil that is not moving to the nations that depend on it for lighting, heating and cooling, transportation, computers, factories, ...
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.4/centery:26.1/zoom:9
#UsPol
4/nUKMTO is reporting a 2nd ship struck and ablaze, this one 11NM north of Oman in the Straits of Hormuz. The crew is evacuating the vessel.
https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents#33bbc3e4-c99e-4e41-a360-4e517931f817
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UKMTO is reporting a 2nd ship struck and ablaze, this one 11NM north of Oman in the Straits of Hormuz. The crew is evacuating the vessel.
https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents#33bbc3e4-c99e-4e41-a360-4e517931f817
#UsPol
5/n@AkaSci Location matches up with a Thai ship, bulk carrier Mayuree Naree, bound for India
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@n_dimension @AkaSci
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Lindsey Graham seems to be planning and running this war on a parallel track.
Now he is asking mothers and fathers to send their sons and daughters over to the Mideast to fight (and die) for ... Saudi Arabia.
#UsPol
2/n@AkaSci
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@AkaSci Location matches up with a Thai ship, bulk carrier Mayuree Naree, bound for India
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Indeed it was the Thai cargo ship Mayeree Naree, as confirmed at https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/11/iran-war-live-updates-trump-oil-hormuz-protestors-us-israel-beirut-middle-east-latest-news#maincontent -
@AkaSci WTF happened to Graham. It's like aliens took him up to the mothership sometime in the late 2010s and returned him with a personality transplant.
@PamelaBarroway @AkaSci Graham has been an advocate for bombing Iran for a long time. Now that it's finally here he can hardly contain himself.
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) posted this summary of a 2 hour briefing today by the White House on the Iran War.
Non-goal - destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Non-goal - regime change.
Strait of Hormuz - no plan.
Goal - destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.
When the bombing stops and production restarts - more bombing, endless war.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social/post/3mgqotmihcs2w
#UsPol
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UKMTO is reporting a 2nd ship struck and ablaze, this one 11NM north of Oman in the Straits of Hormuz. The crew is evacuating the vessel.
https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents#33bbc3e4-c99e-4e41-a360-4e517931f817
#UsPol
5/nWe won, he bleats.
Meanwhile the war of bombs and words rages on, 2 oil tankers ablaze, Iran and Hezbollah launch rockets, Israel punishes Lebanon, civilian death toll rises, environmental disaster looms, oil is up, stock futures are down, ...
Live updates at https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/11/iran-war-live-updates-trump-oil-hormuz-protestors-us-israel-beirut-middle-east-latest-news#top-of-blog
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