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US officials say an invasion of the island would aim to pressure Tehran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz


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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Here's the original article from Axios instead of a propaganda outlet.*

The Trump administration is considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran's Kharg Island to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, four sources with knowledge of the issue tell Axios.

"He wants Hormuz open. If he has to take Kharg Island to make it happen, that's going to happen. If he decides to have a coastal invasion, that's going to happen. But that decision hasn't been made," a senior administration official told Axios.

The propaganda outlet takes this and, in the headline, subtly twists it into something he's already decided to do, which for some reason sprinkles extra alarmism onto an already extremely alarming report.


* Context for how drastically that article spins the protests in Iran.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 20 points 3 hours ago

So we're going to send troops into the enemies most valuable place, they know this, and the entire place is a giant bomb before they even knew this?

Huh, I wonder how that will turn out.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 16 points 3 hours ago

So you don't inform your allies in the beginning to suprise everyone, but then you lay out your plans for the next move to the enemy im detail. Is that some 5D Pearl Harbor Chess 🤔🤣

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Good. Get all those troops into one small space. Genius move.

One small space with a few million cubic feet of highly flammable natural gas!

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

After this every oil and gas extraction and processing facility on the middle east is going to be destroyed. Everyone back to 1800.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

Promise? The world can return to commuting by penny-farthing.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Every service member on that island will die or be driven off of it.