Category: War

Where’s The Respect?

To Donny it is not a big deal that we have lost so few soldiers in this war with Iran…..and as usual the admin is dissing those families of fallen soldiers.

Since the Iran war began more than six months ago, 18 US service members have been killed and 780 wounded.

“My husband lost his life because we’re in a war – and then I was told that because it’s not technically a war, we lose out on something,” Ms Klinner told the Associated Press. “It all comes down to principle.”

After she expressed her frustration in an online post that went viral, the US air force clarified that his final pay cheque included hazard pay and combat-related tax breaks.

US officials also acknowledged that they had initially provided inaccurate information, and that her husband’s last pay cheque had included – but incorrectly itemised – “combat pay”, which amounts to $225 a month, and was not conditioned on a formal war declaration.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/09/06/pentagon-refused-payout-soldiers-died-in-iran-war/

May I ask where is the American MSM on this issue?

Is this how we allow our Gold Star families to be treated?

Where the respect for those that died in this stupid war?

They can build a lame ass ballroom and his ego structure known as the Arch but they cannot find the cash to give grieving families their benefits?

To that I say fuck you and the golf cart you rode in on.

If this does not make you mad then you are not the American you pretend to be.

Enough said.

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A Warning Unheeded

Does anyone remember why Israel is totally destroying Gaza?

If not then here is your refresher….07 October 2023 Hamas launched a bunch of missiles into Israel proper and killed many Israelis and this dastardly attack was the excuse the BiBi needed to justify his total destruction of Gaza to get those bad guys….a defensive move he would have the world believe.

But those Israelis may have died just to satisfy BiBi bloodlust.

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed – known as MBZ – was particularly concerned. “He spoke with me about this often in the months leading up to the war,” recounts President Isaac Herzog, who maintains friendly relations with bin Zayed. “He constantly conveyed messages that the situation needed to be defused. He even sent a special envoy to Israel who met with the prime minister. The emir seemed to sense that the area was on the verge of explosion.”

Bin Zayed would also speak directly with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. These conversations followed a standard procedure: A representative from the Emirati embassy would come to the prime minister’s bureau, bringing a special phone device that ensured the confidentiality of the call.

But this time, the call initiated by bin Zayed was unusual. A week and a half before October 7, 2023 the Emirati ruler called Netanyahu from the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi and spoke with him for 45 minutes.
In that conversation, bin Zayed warned that Hamas’ leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was planning a major operation against Israel. Bin Zayed expressed concern that the event in question would not only lead to bloodshed but also destabilize the entire region and undermine the Abraham Accords.
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Also present during the call was a close adviser to bin Zayed, a Palestinian who had emigrated years ago from Gaza to Abu Dhabi and maintained strong ties in the Strip. According to the adviser, the Emirati ruler impressed upon Netanyahu the need to prepare for the threat.
“The emir explained that, in his assessment, Sinwar was preparing for a major event,” the adviser says. “He told Netanyahu that Israel should be ready. Concurrently, he recommended trying to find an economic solution for the Strip and calming the West Bank to prevent escalation.”
Now ask yourself….what kind of low life son of a bitch would sacrifice that many of his countrymen to satisfy his bloodlust?
And why are the Israelis not up in arms at the carelessness of BiBi?
What a screaming prick this POS is and yet he still sits in the seat of power in Israel….does that mean that Israelis approve of this cold blooded bullshit?
Call me antisemitic if you like but I believe that anyone that approved of this is a worthless low life POS….is a coward and a blatant racist.
Thoughts?
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Where Have All The Protesters Gone?

That title would make a great protest song.

We have had many years of constant war and yet there seems to be little pushback on this…..why is that?

As a veteran of the war in Vietnam I have a hard time believing that the American people could care less about the lost of life and the life long injuries that war inflicts upon those that participate.

A recent op-ed tackles this question….

A University of Pennsylvania professor is arguing that if Americans want a louder debate over the war in Iran, they should start by putting their own kids at risk of fighting it. In an essay at the Hill, historian Jonathan Zimmerman contends the near-absence of campus protest—despite more than 750 US casualties and tens of thousands of Iranian ones—has much to do with the end of the draft. Students, he writes, know there’s no chance they’ll be sent, unlike during Vietnam, when the possibility of conscription helped turn colleges into centers of antiwar activism.

By contrast, “I haven’t heard a peep of antiwar sentiment as students return this semester,” writes Zimmerman, who also makes an equity case for a reinstated draft. The Vietnam-era draft was riddled with deferments that favored the affluent and connected, he notes, citing Donald Trump, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton as examples. A genuine, across-the-board draft could fix that. After all, he writes, “In a democracy, the burden of national defense should be shared.”

Read the full essay, which includes a mention of the satirical “Draft Barron Trump” movement.

I agree with this view….any opposition would be good for healthy debate….

I have written a couple of times about this…

War–Invest Your Children

Not long ago the Congress was considering the re-introduction of the draft….it did not go very far…

Conscription Anyone?

On a personal note….I would hate to see the draft again but I also worried about the lack of opposition to our many wars over the years….we cannot blame one party over another for both are guilty of wasting American lives and accomplishing nothing.

There needs to be a real revival of the antiwar opposition protests.

Without them there is no debate and without any debate there will be more American lives ruined by constant wars that no one wants to know about.

If there is another way for these conflicts to come to the forefront then please let us know….I am open to most solutions but solutions must be a priority.

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“lego ergo scribo”

Those Weapons Stockpiles

We all have heard the stories that out weapons stockpiles are dangerously low thanks to the ill-conceived war with Iran…and as usual Donny and Pistol Pete deny the reports saying that all is well….basically….’nothing to see here’….

The Trump administration insists that U.S. weapons stockpiles are in no danger, directly disputing reports that critical missile inventories are dangerously depleted.
Official Stance
  • President Donald Trump stated on social media that the U.S. has “massive amounts” of munitions and is actively manufacturing and delivering more.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also pushed back against reports of dangerously low missile-interceptor stocks, maintaining that the military has ample resources to carry out operations.
Reports of Depletion
  • Independent and media assessments—including analyses cited by Reuters and CNN—suggest that the U.S. military has expended large shares of key long-range and air-defense missiles (such as ATACMS, PrSM, THAAD, and Patriot interceptors) during the conflict with Iran.
  • Defense analysts warn that rebuilding these specific advanced stockpiles to pre-war levels could take years due to industrial production constraints, raising readiness concerns for potential future conflicts.

But yet Pistol Pete has gone on a witch hunt for who leaked the story…..

In a move that one retired Navy lawyer called “unprecedented,” Pentagon investigators have wired about 50 members of the Joint Staff for polygraph exams in a sweeping hunt for leaks about the Iran war and depleted US weapons stockpiles, the New York Times reports. Officers and civilian staffers were questioned in August on whether they’d shared classified details with reporters, including information about shortages of long-range missiles and Patriot interceptors, according to officials briefed on the effort. The Joint Staff includes up to 2,000 personnel; such broad testing at that senior level has not been seen in modern times, experts say. No one failed questions about whether they had leaked, per CBS News.

A Pentagon spokesperson declined to address the polygraphs directly, saying only that the department takes leaks of classified material “extremely seriously.” News outlets have reported internal worries over the Iran war and munitions levels. President Trump was furious that the information was leaked, per CBS, and has pushed his administration to find the source of the leaks. He’s also called news media coverage of the war and the decline in weapon supplies, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has argued, “treasonous.” The Joint Chiefs chair, Gen. Dan Caine, was not tested, a senior Pentagon official said.

On normal circumstances the admin would laugh the accusations off and deny especially if they were lies….but Donny has gone to the point of hunting down the leaker for massive punishment.

This leads me to believe that we are in serious trouble with our stockpiles.

This sort on a side note…..Donny calls the war with Iran ‘small potatoes’….

President Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.” Asked during an Oval Office exchange about Vance’s comments made a day earlier, Trump said US strikes on Iran are now “intermittent” and “a lot of people don’t call it a war,” per the AP. The conflict has cost US taxpayers more than $37.5 billion and left 18 US service members dead. “I can understand what he’s saying,” said Trump of Vance. He added: “I call it a military conflict because it’s small potatoes for us. It’s not a big thing.”

Vance, during a White House press briefing on Thursday, rejected the use of the word “war” to describe the US fighting with Iran and steered clear of predicting that the six-month-old conflict would be over by November’s midterm elections, in which Republicans are trying to hang on to their narrow majorities in Congress. “I wouldn’t call it a war,” Vance said after being asked about whether the fighting could end before voters cast their ballots in the Nov. 3 elections. “Right now, there is no active shooting.” Vance’s assert

In Friday’s exchange with reporters, Trump added that the US death toll in the Iran conflict is relatively lower than some other recent US wars. The US and Israel have only carried out air strikes in the war, which began Feb. 28, and haven’t deployed troops there. “In Venezuela, we lost nobody,” said Trump, referring to the January US military operation to seize former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and spirit him to New York City to face federal drug trafficking charges. “And this, we lost 18 people. And, in Vietnam we lost 100,000 people. And in other conflicts, we lost tens of thousands of people.” A total of 58,220 members of the US armed forces died during the Vietnam War, according to records from the National Archives.

I am sure that the family of the dead soldiers enjoy knowing that their deaths were no big deal.  (What a douche bag)

Not a war but a conflict, eh?

Let me help this mental deficient out…..

What is a Conflict?
  • Definition: A clash of interests, ideas, or forces between two or more parties. It can be verbal, economic, or physical.
  • Scale: Can range from a small local argument or a brief skirmish to a major international crisis.
  • Formality: Does not require a formal declaration or large military mobilization.
  • Resolution: Often resolved through talking, negotiations, or compromises without turning into major violence.
What is a War?
  • Definition: A specific type of armed conflict that is intense, widespread, and sustained over a long time.
  • Scale: Involves massive military forces, heavy destruction, and high casualties.
  • Formality: Often officially declared by governments or states, though modern wars can also involve well-organized rebel groups or political factions.
  • Relationship: War is a subset of conflict. Every war is a conflict, but not every conflict reaches the massive scale and destruction of a war.

I would say that Donny does not know his ass from a hole in ground….the man is an clueless idiot.

And that is the name of that tune….

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“lego ergo scribo”

More Gaza News

The semi-literate plan of Donny’s for the truce in Gaza, the Board of Peace, which is a con job at best….has issued a statement on Israel and its troops in Gaza….

The official in charge of President Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza criticized Israel on Wednesday for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinian territory and warned that the alternative to the US proposal is the next war, the AP reports. Nikolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace high representative, insisted to the UN Security Council that Trump’s 20-point plan has not stalled and “has moved from the negotiating table to the engineering table.” The militant group Hamas has agreed to the proposal’s key provision to disarm and turn Gaza over to civilian rule, he said. But Israel’s ongoing strikes since last October’s ceasefire are still killing Palestinians—though much fewer—and Gazans can’t feel that the conflict is ending, he said.

“After three years of war and 20 years of military operations, I ask, will another strike on a munitions depot stop Hamas from rearming or tightening its grip on Gaza?” Mladenov said. “It will not. It only delays the demilitarization that would happen” and obstructs the transfer to a civilian government. A recent US deal with Hamas to disarm was seen as a potential breakthrough to end the war, which was sparked by the militant group’s deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in southern Israel. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces won’t withdraw from their current lines in Gaza until Hamas has handed over all its weapons.

Mladenov said that at a meeting he took part in last week with Netanyahu and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, “we went through his government’s concerns one by one and narrowed the areas that still require technical work.” Israel’s deputy UN ambassador, Noa Furman, reiterated to the Security Council his country’s commitment to Trump’s plan, but stressed that it can’t succeed while Hamas remains armed. He said Israel is working closely with the US to achieve Hamas’ disarmament.

The US ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, said concerns about Trump’s plan are being addressed and Hamas’ disarmament will be judged on its actions. Mladenov warned of the distance between the roadmap and what’s happening on the ground, and said if war resumes, there won’t be a roadmap to return to or anything left on the ground to rebuild. “That would not be a setback,” he said. “it would be a point of no return for everyone.” Mladenov stressed the need for political will to overcome the differences and said there is a choice to be made: “A Gaza disarmed, rebuilt and reconnected to the world. Or a Gaza rearmed, divided and in rubble, with a radicalized generation raised inside it and the next war already on the horizon.”

Seriously?

How many knew this would be the outcome? (sarcasm)

This is what we get when we allow Israel to dictate our responses and what we get for let amateurs run the foreign policy.

Yep, it is that simple.

I fear the Gazans are in for a real extended war unless someone changes things and that will be a long time coming as long as Israel controls our politicians.

Yep it is that simple.

Back in the early years of the 20th century France and the UK set these events in motion and I hope they are happy and well compensated.

Just FYI….since the ‘truce’ there is been no decrease in deaths or injuries….

The ministry said that since the truce deal was signed in October 2025, the IDF has killed at least 1,318 Palestinians and wounded 4,375.

Despite the US and the so-called “Board of Peace” negotiating a disarmament deal with Hamas to advance the stalled peace deal, the US has also backed Israel’s continued strikes in Gaza, and Israel has rejected the US-backed proposal.

The Peace President my ass!

Thoughts?

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“lego ergo scribo”

Iran and Oman Are In The Money

The contentious Strait of Hormuz and who controls what has a new twist….

Iranian officials have announced that Tehran and Muscat will split the revenue generated by tolls for vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz. The two countries also agreed to limited military transits through the critical waterway.

“Agreements have been reached regarding each country’s share of the strait’s waters as well as Iran and Oman’s share of its revenues,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday. “We have reached results that are acceptable to both sides.”

However, the deal will not result in the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC said that the US must comply with Iran’s conditions first. Tehran is calling on Washington to return to the Memorandum of Understanding before reopening the crucial waterway.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi explained that the deal created shipping lanes for traffic in and out of the Persian Gulf. Ships using the Strait to enter the Gulf will travel entirely through Iranian territory. Outbound traffic will use a lane that crosses both Iranian and Omani territory.

The current lanes are temporary, and the two sides will use the next 60 days to discuss permanent shipping routes. Gharibabadi added that military vessels will be barred from transiting the Strait.

Before the US and Israeli war against Iran, the Strait of Hormuz was treated as an international waterway. During the conflict, Tehran seized control of the Strait and asserted that international law allows the waterway to be split between Oman and Iran.

Tehran then began negotiations with Muscat on establishing new protocols for vessels transiting the Strait, including charging “service fees.” The White House has demanded that Iran return the Strait to its pre-war status, with President Donald Trump even threatening to bomb Oman if it goes along with Iran’s plan to change tolls.

Surely Donny will not take this lying down for he will be cut out of the money and we all know when it comes to money he will react in a violent way.

What will the US controller have to say about this we know they have a hard on for Iran….he will not want this at all…..he will stir the pot to keep Donny doing as he is told.

Just look at what he had to say to Donny while diplomatic efforts were being tried….

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a diplomatic deal was not possible with the “savages” who rule Iran as he hailed US President Donald Trump’s new campaign of economic pressure.

Recounting a recent meeting with Trump, Netanyahu said they had discussed the possibility of diplomacy with the Islamic republic and added: “I doubt, however, that an agreement can be reached with that group there, with those savages.

Until they kick BiBi to the curb this war will last foe years….we know there are few with cajones in the admin so we cannot expect much progress in ending this thing.

Is there another way of looking at this situation?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

UK Funds “Therapeutic Healing”

I post this to ask my UK readers if they any more about this program.

It appears that UK taxpayers are footing the bill for treatment for IDF soldiers that fought in Gaza.

British taxpayers funded “therapeutic healing” for Israeli soldiers who fought in Gaza, Declassified can reveal.

An Israeli organisation received the undisclosed sum via a U.K. charity, with 25 percent Gift Aid added on by the British government.

Emails obtained by Declassified show how the Yahalom Foundation — an Israeli veterans group — tells British supporters to channel their donations via its “registered partner platform in the UK.”

“Processing your donation through them ensures you receive full tax recognition and enabled Gift Aid, maximising the impact of your contribution,” it says. “100% of your gift is routed directly to Yahalom to support our core mission.”

The Yahalom Foundation directs British supporters to a list of fundraising projects for Israel Defence Forces (IDF) veterans, claiming that donations would be eligible for the tax subsidy.

The list includes funding a £5,000 “therapeutic healing journey” for soldiers returning from Gaza, as well as “individual psychological treatments.”

The foundation is also raising money for a £100,000 memorial hall to commemorate fallen Israeli soldiers.

Additional records from two years ago show that British donations were made to fund equipment for serving Israeli soldiers — although it is not clear whether Gift Aid was added to these.

A fundraising page said: “With your help we can buy more specialized equipment and supply it to our soldiers.”

The Charity Commission has previously warned: “It is not lawful, or acceptable, for a charity to raise funds to support a soldier of a foreign military.”

UK Funded Therapy for Israeli Soldiers

The US kisses Israel’s ass every chance they have and now we learned that the UK is doing the same thing…..it is time for all this ‘charity’ to end….let the bastards deal with their own mental problems….they have done enough damage to the two countries.

If anyone has more information please bring us up to speed.

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“lego ergo scribo”

New Genocide Deniers

This is a re-post from my other blog, Daily Agitator, and I am just trying to expand the readership by re-posting….this is for those that may not know of my other blog.

The New Genocide Deniers

There should be NO acceptance of a genocide by anyone…..regardless of the situation.

The US should be the champion of anti-genocide issues instead we turn a blind eye for whatever reason….why?

Educate, Agitate

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cogito ergo agito

 

 

News From The War

The US mash-up with Iran has all media outlets reporting all aspects of this conflict….the good the bad and the ugly.

I have found very little about the war started by Donny and his Israeli handlers that I can say is good….most of the news is bad and in many ways….then the is the ugly and that is what this post is about….

There are a few situations about this war that get very little coverage and this is one that is seriously lacking in complete coverage….

More than 750 US service members have been wounded since the US launched its war of aggression on Iran on 28 February, according to Defense Department casualty data updated on 19 August.

The update added more than 50 wounded US soldiers to the Pentagon’s war casualty database, bringing the official total to 757 wounded and 18 killed.

Those figures are drawn from two separate entries in the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System, combining the totals listed under “Overseas Operations” with those recorded for Operation Epic Fury.

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The Pentagon has not specified which war the Overseas Operations casualties relate to, nor where or how the personnel were killed or wounded, prompting further questions about the transparency of its reporting.

https://thecradle.co/articles/pentagon-says-over-750-us-troops-wounded-during-war-on-iran

This is a disservice by trying to hide the numbers….these are Americans serving their country and should be treated with more respect.

Is this what society has come to….I thought when we legalized gambling that it would become a frankenstein and so it is….

A small number of gamblers have made $8 million placing military and defense-related bets on the Polymarket prediction site, most placed by about 150 accounts that almost always bet correctly. The researchers say they suspect the accounts are linked to military insiders who could be flagged for law enforcement as “the most likely potential insiders,” researchers said in a new report.

When the most successful of those accounts bet on unlikely military events, researchers found, they won virtually every single time.

“Traders acting on specialized, non-public information possess an edge that is valuable only within a limited set of markets, and that produces win rates difficult to attribute to luck,” researchers with the Anti-Corruption Data Collective said in a new report released Thursday. The researchers studied the small number of bettors who met two criteria: ”The concentration of their betting within less than 100 markets and two topics, and unusual accuracy (over 75%) of their longshot bets.”

The same research group published a report in April that found a high risk of insider trading on military-related Polymarkets after observing that “longshot” bets on military operations won 52% of the time, which was four times more often than other types of markets.

(taskandpurpose.com)

This is getting creepy….we can now bet on cancer patients and now on war….this society is getting sicker by the year.

My stomach is turning….time for a step back….

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That Pesky Waterway

Since I am an old fart and dearly love history and using it show that not much changes over the years….I thought yet another lesson for those that are young and may not be aware of any similarities.

Most by now are familiar with our mash-up with Iran and that the waterway in this conflict, Strait of Hormuz, is a vital route for that flow of black gold….the sticking point is who will control this vital trade route.

Been there before.

The year is 1956, Ike was president and Israel was at war with it’s neighbors (sound familiar)….and it began….

The Israelis struck first on October 29, 1956. Two days later, British and French military forces joined them. Originally, forces from the three countries were set to strike at once, but the British and French troops were delayed.

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The response of President Dwight Eisenhower and his administration was measured. It warned the Soviets that reckless talk of nuclear conflict would only make matters worse, and cautioned Khrushchev to refrain from direct intervention in the conflict.

However, Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles also issued stern warnings to the French, British and Israelis to give up their campaign and withdraw from Egyptian soil. Eisenhower was upset with the British in particular for not keeping the United States informed about their intentions.

The United States threatened all three nations with economic sanctions if they persisted in their attack. The threats did their work: British and French forces withdrew by December, and Israel finally bowed to U.S. pressure, relinquishing control over the canal to Egypt, which reopened the Suez Canal canal in March 1957.

(history.com)

This all rings similar to the Strait thing that Donny is trying hard to control….without much success….

The Suez crisis provides the clearest example. In 1956, Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized the Suez Canal Company, displacing the British- and French-controlled corporation that had operated one of the world’s most important commercial arteries. Britain and France regarded nationalization not merely as an economic injury but as a strategic humiliation and, together with Israel, invaded Egypt.

President Dwight Eisenhower refused to support them. After rejecting the Anglo-French invasion, Eisenhower’s administration did not make restoration of British or international ownership a condition for accepting Egypt’s continued administration of the canal. Instead, Washington opposed the invasion and pressed for a diplomatic arrangement that would preserve international access. The applicable legal regime emphasized the canal’s free use by ships of all countries on equal terms, while leaving Egypt responsible for administering and defending the waterway.

Egyptian control was not the same as unrestricted Egyptian discretion. The distinction was crucial. Washington could accept Egyptian sovereignty over the canal while insisting that sovereignty be exercised within rules guaranteeing nondiscriminatory passage. The overriding American interest was not which flag flew over the canal authority, but whether the canal remained open under internationally accepted rules.

A crucial detail that should not be overlooked: Egypt at the time was not an American ally, whereas France and the UK were. Indeed, Egypt was at the time closely aligned with the Soviet Union though not formally allied with Moscow. Washington nevertheless accepted continued Egyptian administration of the canal rather than seeking to reverse nationalization, provided freedom of navigation was preserved.

https://original.antiwar.com/trita-parsi/2026/08/05/before-hormuz-there-was-suez-what-trump-can-learn-from-eisenhower/

Donny needs to open that aging mind to reality….as if….

But nope he decided to do what he always does….act like a buffoon…..

President Trump apparently has a new target for American expansion: one of the world’s most strategic shipping chokepoints. Speaking on Long Island on Friday, the president said, “Pretty soon, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” even though the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman is not under US sovereignty. He offered no explanation for how Washington could claim ownership of the passage, which is bordered by Iran to the north and Oman to the south, the Hill reports. He also claimed Iran “is being very badly defeated” at the moment, USA Today reports.

Roughly one-fifth of global oil and gas moves through the Strait of Hormuz, now closed amid a six-month war between the US and Iran that has driven up energy prices. Trump has repeatedly asserted that the US “controls” the strait and has twice ordered a naval blockade there, insisting on American primacy over oil shipments. “No ships get through unless we want them to,” he claimed Friday. Iran has rejected those assertions; its Persian Gulf Strait Authority wrote on X this week that whoever claims ownership “does not change the reality: the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran’s conditions are accepted.” Al Jazeera‘s take is that Trump is “overstating” the amount of US control over the strait.

What an arrogant ass.

In case you want to know….the peace deal runs out today….

Oil tankers are staying put as a US-Iran ceasefire runs out of time. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles roughly 20% of the world’s oil, slowed sharply over the weekend ahead of Monday’s expiration of a 60-day truce, with no replacement deal in sight, reports CNBC. Only five cargo ships sailed through on Saturday and none on Sunday, down from 31 a week earlier, according to Reuters. Overall traffic is off about 90% from prewar levels.

As for the peace talks, a senior US official describes the situation as “static” to Politico. Key sticking points include Iran’s demand for compensation and the logistics of how ships will transit the strait when the war is over. Iran’s foreign minister said there is currently “not anything like a ceasefire” and no direct talks with Washington, though Qatar and Pakistan are relaying messages. The war of words has continued: President Trump last week suggested he might declare the strait US territory, while an Iranian deputy foreign minister responded that it will remain under Iran’s control.

What will our Dear Donny do?

This is good stuff for us that like to blog.

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