As the ongoing Operation Epic Fury military engagement continues, CENTCOM announces the arrival of 3.500 Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit into forward position.
As negotiations with Iranian leadership are reported to be ongoing, it would appear that options are now present for President Trump to make a decision on the potential seizure of Kharg Island, a crucial oil export hub off Iran’s coast.
(Via Wall Street Journal) – The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options even as he weighs peace talks with Tehran, Department of Defense officials with knowledge of the planning said.
The force, which would likely include infantry and armored vehicles, would be added to the roughly 5,000 Marines and the thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division who have already been ordered to the region.
It is unclear where precisely forces will go in the Middle East, but they will likely be within striking distance of Iran and Kharg Island, a crucial oil export hub off Iran’s coast.
Trump has repeatedly said he will open the Strait of Hormuz, with or without the help of U.S. allies. (read more)
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Not sure how occupying that island will assure passage thru the strait? Iran can continue to attack shipping from mainland
Refineries on Kharg Island handle approximately 90% to 96% of Iran’s crude oil exports — making it the central hub for the country’s oil export infrastructure (and how The Mad Mullahs there have stolen virtually all of that wealth from the Iranian people).
Occupying that island means there are virtually no oil exports/tankers going through the Strait — which will end the looting of and hopefully bankrupt the Gayatollah Death Cult Mobocracy.
Loss of Kharg Island means tankers loaded with Iranian oil will not be going through Hormuz. Dozens of others from the other Gulf nations will, and that is what will bring down the price of oil and LNG.
Shutting down passage is not the same as ensuring safe passage.
China gets 90% of their oil from Iran. I’m sure they will have something to say about it.
China will be in a lower position to have to NEGOTIATE with the new Sheriff, The Art of the Deal!
So nice of you to support Chyna, Mr. Hassen!
I’m just curious to know how any oil/gas will flow through the Strait after we take control of Kharg Island and destroy their refining capabilities. Hasn’t Iran already demonstrated their ability to do the same to the Arab countries across from the Strait with their missles/drones? I realize we claim to have decimated their entire arsenal but somehow they are fired on a daily basis. Doubt that? Call a friend in Israel and ask them about it.
We stop 95% of Iranian oil in one move. Iran can only stop a small percentage of the oil from others. Irans rocket launches are also down 95% as we get stronger. I smell INEVITABILITY
INEVITABILITY can be a longer time than the America people, like always, will LOVE that option!
Cutting off the oil from Kharg Island will rapidly run the Mullahs out of money. Unpaid armed forces will find something else to do.
We sell Iranian oil and then we decide how much we will give to Iran, minus operating costs and losses due to Iranian mischief.
In my understanding, Kharg Island represents main income for Iran.
If the goal is to stop Iran’s flow of oil revenue, then just use the Navy to blockade Kharg Island. Wouldn’t the result would be the same?
My understanding is the elimination of Kharg Island would be akin to an act of war against China.
Right now, China is in bewildered Panda mode, their “100 year” central planners simply aren’t flexible enough as short-term capitalist US. They got punched in Panama, Venezuela, US tariffs, and Africa. This is why their economy is in disarray now. But a frightened animal can lash out, which is why we have to keep the oil flowing while decapitating Iran’s leadership.
China declaring war openly would be a formality. The CCP has arguably been conducting a clandestine war with the United States for many years now via asymmetric and unconventional means.
Exactly. Been trying to get folks reading Gen. Robert Spalding’s book about the “Unrestricted Warfare” book by the 2 PLA generals in 1999. Nobody is interested, and they won’t even consider that China is at war with us.
This is the best chance to neuter a panda and turn it into a docile pet. Fear not, they have few moves
China is now detaining Panama flagged container ships that are destined for the US, associated with the US in retaliation for the Panama Canal being taken from them.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-detaining-panama-flagged-ships-amid-battle-over-port-control-fmc-says-2026-03-27/
FTA:
“LOS ANGELES, March 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) said on Thursday it is closely monitoring a surge in detentions of Panama-flagged vessels in China that appears tied to a Panama court ruling against Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison.
Panama’s Supreme Court in late January invalidated the legal framework supporting the 1997 concession granting CK Hutchison’s (0001.HK), Panama Ports Company the right to operate the Balboa and Cristobal terminals on the Pacific and Atlantic sides of the Panama Canal.”
SNIP
“Commissioner Laura DiBella, chair of the FMC, said China’s detentions of Panama-registered ships far exceeded historical norms. The number had reached nearly 70 since March 8, according to a Lloyd’s List Intelligence report.
“These intensified inspections were carried out under informal directives and appear intended to punish Panama after the transfer of Hutchison’s port assets,” DiBella said in a statement.
“Given that Panama-flagged ships carry a meaningful share of U.S. containerized trade, these actions could result in significant commercial and strategic consequences to U.S. shipping,” she said, adding that FMC is legally empowered to investigate whether regulations or practices of foreign governments could harm U.S. trade.”
More details in the article.
Sooooo…. just don’t ship to China! That little tantrum will end quickly!
We ship FROM China….
Is it Reuters propaganda, as they like to do?
Why would you simply blockade it when we can own it?
Cut out the Iranian control of that extremely important island!
Why put thousands of American lives at risk if we don’t have to?
It stops the flow of oil to China, the only strong ally Iran has left. At that point, China will have to go for regime change too
Positive outcome of taking over the island is that it makes the Iranian concentrate on the island and with limited resources it could possible mean that the rockets to EVERYWHERE will stop. The negative, of course, is loss of men and women. Dicey!
There is more going on at Karg Island than refining oil.
WIthout controlling the strait, It looks like “they win”. Not good.
No; it just makes things go quicker. Stop buying the MSM propaganda.
He is selling not buying.
To use your point- bought the MSM product and is reselling it.
If the Iranians let Chinese and Pakistani tankers come and go as they please putting oil into the global market, does it really make a difference if they want to claim control over the Straights of Hormuz?
Their economy and infrastructure has been destroyed, their leadership killed and their people are in rebellion, but they can still launch a few drones. They win ??
GMoney said, WIthout controlling the strait, It looks like “they win”. Not good.
Jeff Childers’ post from yesterday points out that the United States already effectively controls the strait.
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/the-leverage-plan-saturday-march
Dearest Lord, please protect all who serve in this uncertain times. Send, we beseech Thee, Your Warrior Angels to stand beside our troops. Keep watch over each and every one who finds himself in the midst of evil, so that having secured victory they may all return to their families who wait in prayer for them. In the mighty saving Name of your beloved Only Son Jesus Christ we ask this. Amen 🙏🏻
Amen
Amen.
Godspeed brave warriors. We are grateful for your service and sacrifice that keeps our homes and families safe.
Amen.
Amen! And pass the ammunition!!
As the love for the people of Ukraine lapel pins vanished and never appeared for the people of Iran seems wrong and disgusting.
Amen!
For those of us from Rio Linda, Kharg Island is a crucial oil export hub off Iran’s coast which makes money flow to Iran.
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Oh, how I miss Rush! Thanks for the memories!
Mega dittos!
Exactly.
God bless our troops.
God bless President Trump.
May God bless us as we listen to the screeching hysteria over “boots on the ground” from the hyenas in the media, the mindless leftists, and the persistent pests of Troll USA.
The Democrats & Uniparty Bush Republican traitors have been playing the dialectic games with Islam as Brezinski has revealed a long time ago. If PDJT is putting an end to this dialectic and sweeping the pieces off the Sykes-Picot ME Oil chessboard than I am all for it. I’ve been fully supportive of PDJT since I recognized his Populist America First platform, which I have been supporting since 1992 championed by the heir of Reagan.
Sentiment about the war will turn on a dime when our soldiers start coming home in body bags from a ground invasion.
You don’t seem to have much confidence in our Commander In Chief, our brave warriors or the superiority of our military.
Duly noted.
The “No Kings” people are all over CTH today.
Sadly, the infestation will only grow.
I have been here for years and am not a blind “No Kings” slogan follower. I don’t care who is in charge, you should always question.
It’s not a matter of “having confidence.” One can have all the confidence in the world but there will still be casualties. Do you have children and, if so, are you okay with offering them up for this “war”?
Irrelevant straw man argument.
Nobody is “offering up” their children. The U.S. Military is an all volunteer military composed of adults from all walks of life exercising their free will to fight for our country.
Your “argument” was relevant in the 60’s but of course that was half a century ago.
Additionally, I never said there would be no casualties. Clearly there have already been casualties, and there will be more.
My point is that we have a President and a Secretary of War who will do all they can to minimize casualties while, at the same time, maximize death and damage for the enemy.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Beautiful explanation!
Thanks !
All that bunch is really hoping that President Trump, by extension, America fails, you can feel and hear their hope in anything they write or speak.
Exactly right. I don’t mind constructive criticism over the pros and cons of policy decisions.
It’s the obvious glee these people are showing as they root for Death To America and Death To Our Troops that makes me angry.
Dear Lord, please stop the mouths of all these negative Nellie’s.
Paid propagandist, or they are those influenced by them.
All over X these people continually share and repost propaganda posted by people in Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, and other strong Islamic terror supporting countries (you can see where the accounts were setup).
All countries with Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and similar orgs. All who are funded by the Iranian regime.
These same negative nellies paid to attend “No Kings” where they waved communist and Iranian regime flags.
It’s a full on propaganda effort held up by zealots and TDS sufferers.
I passed by a “No Kings” rally yesterday. They were passing out bottles of Geritol for shots, from the looks of it. They were very mad when a pickup truck with a large Trump flag (and large US flags!) drove past, driver grinning at their obvious discomfort. I had a solid belly laugh over that one.
It is another contrived and scripted “Occupy Wall Street” or “Black Lives Matter” performance. I saw a “Trans Lives Matter” sign while driving past. It is typical Marxist nonsense, the dumber it is the louder they yell.
I think all the gray-headed, toothless, red-diaper-doper babies were too stoned to show up in our small burg yesterday.
Having said that, I’m sure the photographer for the local rag will find a knucklehead or two to highlight.
My middle finger has raised with the sound of my beeping horn when I have passed them.
It’s a sad gathering and last gasps of the 60’S hippies who spit on our troops returning from Viet Nam. I’m not a hater, but I’m close with this crowd of useless has beens.
Amen.
Kharg island oil sales is how the mad mullahs got filthy rich while the Iranian people became poorer. Trump should take it, exact a toll on oil sales and make sure the remaining proceeds go to the Iranian people and not to the mad mullahs.
80 to 90 % of Iran’s GDP is from oil and gas and 80 to 90 % of Iran’s oil and gas is exported through the straits.
Almost as puzzling as what is AIPAC money meant to do for Democrat Congressional stage props who harangue,defame,slander, lie, and agitate their useless idiot base against our Jewish community and Israel? Why would AIPAC give money to Anti-Israel actors in Congress? They should be ordering their Democrat & Uniparty congressional puppets to be helping PDJT for his America First, while helping Israel agenda. Why haven’t they? This Solemani story was almost as bad as Bibi’s being among the first to congratulate the dementia Prop Biden on the 2020 election treason steal, while Putin was just about last.
Trump says Netanyahu ‘let us down’ before the 2020 airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Soleimani
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-netanyahu-let-us-down-before-the-2020-airstrike-that-killed-iranian-gen-soleimani
AIPAC needs to register with FARA. Not that it does ANYTHING to help America, but it thinks it’s above the law.
I couldn’t agree with you more, however if we don’t stop or at least limit the amount of money any of these lobbyists give to our representatives then I fear we are done for as a Nation.
Any nation that is for sell to the highest bidder cannot make policy that has its own people’s best interest in mind.
Our representatives will always vote for their own pockets and when the lobbyists bills come due by way of votes and policy then they will screw the American people every time.
Our Senate and it’s actions are a prime example this week.
Reform or die.
AIPAC has lost its influence on Demonrats of any religious persuasion.
For more than a decade. Schumer {spit} gets boo-ed when he tries to make nice to any of the professional organizations. The “establishment” orgs are closer to the NYSlimes/WaPoo axis.
Semper Fi Marines!
God bless you all…..
NO MERCY!
And they arrived on a ship with the name of “Tripoli”…..
Ooorah devil dog.
I hope they are directed at IRGC enrichment compounds.
If we seize kharg, will we sell the oil but not give the money to Iran?
The oil can still be shut off by Iran.
And kharg is too far north to have a role in keeping hormuz open.
It sounds like forcing Iran to shut down all oil from the area.
I also wonder if Iran then attack those forces and destroy the oil infrastructure on the island.
If we do that what is to stop the radical islamic fanatics the IRGC from attacking and blowing up Kharg Island? We’re not fighting a conventional war against a conventional army!! Just wondering?
They cannot replace the infrastructure. It would be like amputating their right arm
Kharg Island is important to the mullahs, but it is vital to a future Iran not ruled by radical Islam. That is the only reason DJT hasn’t settled the issue by dispatching B-52s to flatten it.
Bingo. He has tried to spare the areas the people will need to keep their country afloat after the regime change. He might have to tweak that plan because the mullahs are still barking and shooting missles and drones. He’s probably trying to decide what tweak will be the least harmful in the long run. Hopefully, our troops do not have to be deployed. Hopefully their just being present is enough of a warning about what might happen if the mullahs don’t surrender.
What I want to know is how these supposedly decapitated group of mullahs in charge is still in charge?
Iran is a giant country.
They have been imbedding defenses for decades. Lots of hidy holes !
Yeah. Been thinking this from the start. If we destroy too much of Iran’s infrastructure, there will be nothing left for the Iranian people going forward, which virtual guarantees a prolonged occupation of Iran to make sure things don’t go sideways afterward. Tricky business all the way around.
I read your comment in President Trumps’ voice !!! Pretty cool !!!
This was a huge blunder that will cost the GOP in the fall. Look for a democrat senate and a super senate in 2028. Trump will be impeached in his last two years of his Presidency and they will law-fare him again once he is out of office. All to appease Israel. Really dumb. A totally unnecessary self inflicted wound.
Imagine trying to sell the political nuances of Kharg Island to the average American.
In the name of Christ, STOP!
Why? Some of what he says is correct.
The same mindless cheerleading stench that wafted around Operation Enduring Freedom 25 years ago permeates some of the posts here right now.
I am just laughing at the folks here (nost of them) who truly lack conviction when it comes to this stuff.
Trump sends troops over there – “military presence is good!”
Trump says he is ending military presence – “war is bad!”
Good gosh, people. Think for yourselves.
If US soldiers start getting killed en masse, this administration is further cooked.
Sometimes you simply have to strip things down to their essence: someone had to stop the crazies in Iran and we couldn’t trust that after Trump leaves office anyone else would.
Nuclear weapons in the hands of the people who are sure they will reach Paradise when they die?
Nope, have to meet the Present with Fortitude.
Sort of like that nasty yellowcake thing, eh?
…not a some…BFAW….. but most what he say is correct…when this warmongering stop ?????today Iran…tomorrow Cuba…next month China..do not forget crown jewel of all $74 T RUSSIANS natural resorces.. this is on menu ms.linda and others for very looooong time…seen to me some politicians when they are unable/unwilling/blackmailed /impotent to resolve domestic issues there is one thing left vent anger… FOREIGFN INVASION…….we voted( I voted 3times for him ) for no more war and concentrate solely on domestic issues…
Rio Tinto pauses plans for $3.7b lithium mine but Serbians remain concerned
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-18/rio-tinto-jadar-valley-mine-paused-amid-huge-opposition/106020944
Albright Phone Buyout Stirs Competition Concerns in Kosovo
https://prishtinainsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Prishtina-Insight-94.pdf
Word salad much??
What part did you not understand?
Are you a battered wife?
Is this mindless cheerleading in the room with you right now ?
Make bombs
Not friends
You make this sound like you’re performing an exorcism. And at minimum, you would deny that poster his right so speak his mind on this site.
Dang ! No kidding ! I think this website just isn’t for some people – just move on – give us a break already.
What is the AIPAC money given to ‘influence/control” Democrat Congressional stage props who are told to “hate Israel & Jews” meant to really do? You would think AIPAC would be ordering their Democrat puppets to help PDJT since he is helping Israel & our Jewish community here and abroad. Why they haven’t they ordered the self described “Lion of Israel” in the US Senate (vying with Teddy cruz for the title) Chuck Schumer to help PDJT? Schumer’s dialectic with Israel & Bibi should be examined closer by everyone not just Treepers. He sends money to Hamas terrorists while almost never being even criticized by Bibi,Israel, and most Jewish leadership. He tries to shield UK agent provocateurs at Columbia who are agitating against Israel & the Jewish people. He should be excommunicated, while he has not even been barely criticized.
You ever hear of the fistfights between Muslim CAIR & AIPAC lobbies in Congress? Or “Semites” & “Anti-semites”?
We do know Mark Levin hates Pat Buchanan’s America First. 🙂
The Neocons whose roots go back to their Godfather Irving Kristol, are former Trotskyites who invaded the GOP because of Trilateral Commission Carter. Charles Krauthammer was another Neocon who harangued and defamed any Populists & America First Proto-MAGA in the GOP back in the 90’s and 2000’s. He gave the Levin treatment to PDJT early in the game as well.
Mark Levin: I won’t back Trump in the general
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/mark-levin-i-wont-back-trump-in-the-general-221754
The Rule-or-Ruin Republicans
https://buchanan.org/blog/rule-ruin-republicans-124987
“Last week came reports on another closed conclave of the “Never Trump” cabal at the Army and Navy Club in D.C. Apparently, William Kristol circulated a memo detailing how to rob Trump of the nomination, even if he finishes first in states, votes and delegates.
Should Trump win on the first ballot, Kristol’s fallback position is to create a third party and recruit a conservative to run as its nominee.
Purpose: Have this rump party siphon off enough conservative votes to sink Trump and give the presidency to Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose policies are more congenial to the neocons and Kristol’s Weekly Standard.”
Totally agree:
The Neocons whose roots go back to their Godfather Irving Kristol, are former Trotskyites who invaded the GOP because of Trilateral Commission Carter. Charles Krauthammer was another Neocon who harangued and defamed any Populists & America First Proto-MAGA in the GOP back in the 90’s and 2000’s. He gave the Levin treatment to PDJT early in the game as well.
Mark Levin: I won’t back Trump in the general
So is Trump drinking the Globolist, Neocon Kool-Aid? If so, I have to give Tucker some credit. Here is a quote from Irving:
If we have learned anything from the NATO experience of the last thirty years, it is the rediscovery of an old truth: dependency corrupts and absolute dependency corrupts absolutely. To the degree that Europe has been dependent upon the United States, the European will has been corrupted and European political vitality has diminished. A reconstructed NATO could reverse that process. But it would have to be an all-European NATO, with the United States an ally but not a member . . . .
Such a European alliance might regain its self-respect, a feeling of control over its own national destinies, and, above all, it might recapture the spirit of nationalism that is indispensable to any successful foreign policy.
It really looks like Trump has adopted the Irving’s Neocon policies with the Iran attacks, attacks on NATO, changing the name of DOD to DOW!
Sadly, I think both Vance and Rubio are on board with the Globalists. At this point it is a throw up your hands and say WFT. Not sure what the right answer is, but the elite will be in control when the dust settles. Doesn’t matter who wins from most of us, but the liberal elites have the most to lost if the globalist win. That is why they want disarray. It is the only way thing get to keep their wealth. The French Revolution repeats itself and the stupid AWFUL don’t realize they are a tool.
..Pat was right 40 yrs ago and he is right ..TODAY…
PDJT & his MAGA prove him right day after day my old friend.
Yes – if only he had won.
There are many agendas at play here. The establishment neocon Republican Party, The never Trump globalist like Black Rock, Netanyahu and his Greater Israel Project.
Every one is playing to win.
I learned many things during the illegal wars against our old friends and allies and Holocaust victim Orthodox Christian Serbian people. There is much to see that I have been showing here about that if you open your eyes a bit more. Be well and cheers
Unlike his dad, Kristol is not a Neocon Republican. He is a Globalist New World Order idiot.
Geez, Colkitto, I guess we are saying the same thing here. I don’t think Billy Kristol (fake Neocon, full blown globalist) is anything like his dad, Irving (Neocon founder). Here is a clip in 1987 with Irving is saying that the DOD should change it name to Department of War and we should really bomb the helll out of Iran. It should be cued up at the 40 Minute mark. But if not go there.
I think Trump is picking up a few things from Irving or is being advised by someone who is. I use to think of myself as a Neocon, but Kissinger, Cheney and Bush I think made it in to a money making thing and lost the true intent. Iraq would have made sense if Syria and Iran would have been taken out too.
So what is Billy’s issue? Is he a full blown Communist Globalist in bed with Soros and WEF? His dad would be 100% behind Trump based on what he says here.
Excellent questions….
Too bad you’ll now be called a “troll” for asking them!!
Ty VM. The trolls can call me a troll all they want but sincere and longtime Treepers who can still think will at least consider these questions and perhaps come to knowledge. Once you understand Hegelian Dialectics much becomes clearer. Cheers friend
Most of the treepers who actually do what you do and consider all the information on a subject, are still here. None would ever call you a troll. Talking and showing truth is not always easy, but it is always right to do so. Fear not Colkitto. You will never be called a troll by those who sit upon the true branches of our tree.
I appreciate the support. I consider myself well rounded and try never fall for the hegelian Dialectics while supporting PDJT & his MAGA agenda. I am America First. Slainte friend
100%.
What has the so called ‘republican senate’ actually done for MAGA and PDJT?
It already looks like a democrate senate.
Trump should announce that he is no longer a member of the republican party and tell Thune, Johnson and the republicans to “GO TO HELL”!!!
Just haven’t started mass investigations and arrrests of his supporters yet
So let’s just make it official?
You’re entitled to your opinion as I am mine. I think your post is shallow as the problems with the Iran have little to do with Israel. If you read here often enough, you’d better understand our VSGDJT’s strategy. For 47 years the demonic crazed Shiite Mullahs have bullied the world & Middle East while making serious threats against America & Israel. They had to be dealt with.
Funny how Islamic extremists (death to all who don’t assimilate), were allowed to build an arsenal & be on the cusp of fully enriched uranium under Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, & Biden. Obama’s pallets of cash worked so well. Wonder how many Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi terrorist payments were made with our tax dollars.
Our true adversary is obviously China. See the action we’ve taken with Panama, Venezuela, & now Iran. (India) As the Professor has succinctly written about; there is a world realignment in the works. BRICS has membership of over half the world’s population with the common goal of removing the dollar as the world’s currency. Do you see a problem with that Sir?
President Trump is acting to protect and unite the western hemisphere against the methodical invasion under the guise of trade and funding by China. It’s been happening for quite awhile and China had control basically of the Panama Canal already until Pres. Trump made sure they didn’t anymore. He stopped Venezuelan cooperation with China by controlling the oil and getting Maduro out. Several countries in SA are now free of communist dictators and leadership.
His interest in removing Iran as a menace in the ME goes directly towards pushing China back from getting their energy needs and supplying their ‘outpost’ called Iran, with weapons to harass the world from there.
He is only in office a short two years more and he is trying to secure a safe future for everyone in America and across the world. That is what I see and can pull out of his actions so far this year and a half in office. He’s moving fast because he doesn’t have time to not move fast. The problems at home will be taken care of too but they are influenced by what is going on outside this country.
President Trump once said he would be thought of as a dictator for a little while, that what he had to do would look that way, that if people stuck with him and his plans, we would all get past the harsh bumps in the road and be much safer and better for it in the end. I heard him say that live at the beginning of his term. I believe that is what is happening now.
We the people owe him the rest of his term as President to finish what he can to help us move into the future of more freedom, prosperity and safety across the whole world. We need to win the midterms for him and for us, to get to that better place for our own futures.
Daniel 2 v 21
And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.
Psalm 75 v 7/8
But God is the Judge:
He puts down one,
And exalts another.
8For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup,
And the wine is red;
It is fully mixed, and He pours it out;
Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth
Drain and drink down.
Luke 1 v 51/52
He has shown strength with His arm;
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
And exalted the lowly.
President Trump Won!
Gracias Dios!!
At this rate, maybe Trump will go live in Israel after he is impeached to avoid prison. Like a Ukrainian oligarch.
The US needs to make some money off this excursion as payback for all the slackers/grifters who actually require oil from Iran.
I hate it that our young people are in harm’s way… good grief, I’m tired of this!
I’d like to see EU & Middle Eastern boots-on-the-ground. Japanese, too!
In my opinion the IDF should go in first. They have a bigger stake in this game.
The IDF has been going in first since 1947…
Then they should lead the way.
…AND STILL ENJOY IT ????
Enjoy what?
I agree that IDF should go in first, but remember, they part of the problem, not the solution. WE have a bigger stake, because what ever happens, we are expected to fix it. Instead of fixing it, we should just own it.
I believe PTrump must show willingness to put boots on the ground somewhere. If not, Iran and their proxies will just wait him out. PTrump has my complete support.
Agree. The alternative to PT is unthinkable.
Heavenly Father put your mighty hand of protection on each and every one of them.
In Jesus name I pray.
God, please protect our men and women.
If Iran has no navy,no airforce …how are they blocking the strait of ho-moose…?????
They still have drones. Can use non military boats. Terrorist tactics.
And Iran has mines in the water that take time to clear, sadly some will be missed …
You can shoot ships from behind mountains. Japan bombed Russia at Port Arthur in this manner.
…BUT HE GOT SUPERSONIC MIISILES ABLE FLY…4,000 KM….
I think US troops will be heading to Aub Musa island in the Strait, rather than Kharg.
Be a Knights’ Move in Chess into the Strait and Fits with this Article –
Protects the Cross Peninsula Pipelines of Oman / Saudi Arabia AND the Response Time to the Strait
https://houseofsaud.com/iran-warns-ras-al-khaimah-evacuate-abu-musa-disputed-islands/
“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong – faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s too late.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune
yep
Why?
I am all for a blockade of the whole damn area. Any Iranian shipping becomes ours. I heard a pundit talking about international waters and all of that stuff might be a roadblock. I would like someone over their to try to stop us.
The stuff is only going out one way. And we can patrol further into the sea negating, likely, Iran’s capabilites to strike.
Iran is extremely vulnerable right now, and we can already see Iraq sending in troops to “help” Iran in the north under the guise of keeping the coming internal uprising in check. Obviously it will become a land grab and This move to bring children into the fight is typically an Iraqi maneuver.
Tread carefully Mr. President, there is a trap being laid. Listen to J.D and other M.E. Veterans when it comes to troops on the ground and escalation.
These are different religious sects. Most of the Arabs dislike Iran.
……you maybe surprise but this ,2025 and 10/7 war changed minds many of them…
The IRGC has mastered talking the clock down for 47 years. They will concede what they have to to stay in power.
They will never play along any longer than they have to.
USA Domestic political considerations are factored in by the mullahs. They are waiting for their partners, the USA deep state and the Democrat Party, to be in charge again.
I’m sure everybody on the USA side knows that.
If it were my show, I would tell the IRGC the conditions. They have to give up power and we destroy their nuclear and missile factories. They can go into exile where we would end them. The jihadi culture needs to be chilled.
If not, I would burn the South Pars gas field and destroy the Kharg Island oil facilities. The following chaos will end them.
The rulers who come after can then spend the near future trying to rebuild that because they would be out of business and have zero income.
The general population would suffer, but there is no choice. Nobody can do anything or would want to do anything. That includes Russia and China.
I agree.
Everything needs to be taken away and destroyed. Erased and wiped out of existence.
Zero diplomacy and zero trust, even in one single Iranian.
They just want the pain to stop long enough to, re-up and regroup their next move. Even if it takes years to execute.
Praying for success of President Trump, his officers, those on the tip of the sword as they navigate this tangled web.
We must have faith in the USA and the President.
Interesting choice, those last two words. I recall dozens of rallies where “no more foreign wars” engagement was widely applauded by attendees.
Can we have some more A-10’s (Wart Hogs) too please?
Shock and awe are amazing o watch on tv……seems to many like a video game….
but when the boots of our youth are on the ground and the body count begins……..when the flag draped coffins start to arrive and the hospitals fill with torn bodies ….ruined lives…….
then war becomes real and the cost hits home.
my prayers for the troops……….damn the war pigs
Praying.
We waited too late to handle the Iran issue. There is no easy solution at this point. Too many complacent administrations either allowed or funded the monster we are dealing with.
If we lose any control in D.C., what little we may even have considering who the “republicans” actually are, and the Left takes back over, we know what will happen. They have told us and they mean it. Unlike our party, the new communist democrats are playing for keeps.
I have often come to this site as a refuge, a place where it was safe to believe in God and safe to support the change Trump has helped bring about. I first stumbled across The Last Refuge when it looked like Hillary was going to win the election and I was so happy to find a community of like-minded conservatives.
I believe the rules of engagement were the reason for so many deaths.
I’ve said previous , no more “ask questions first and shoot second “ bullshit
The President now has ground assault troops in theater. He has NOT said nor suggested what might be done with them. “Kharg Island” is speculation. And I’m not convinced that’s it. Military assets on that island have already been wiped out.
I agree with you and that line of thinking. Kharg is, as someone pointed out, pretty far North to affect the Straight. I have also been reading that the Islamic regime has been fortifying and laying traps there. The brains of DOW planning have shown an extreme level of competence and I would look for a lot of show and if it does happen it will be a surprise to most.
Pipelines feed Kharg, and while messy, can be interdicted easily deep into Iran, far beyond Kharg. This would stop the money flow to the mullahs while retaining the critical refinery and port infrastructure on Kharg crucial for the follow-on regime to feed the new Iranian economy after regime change. Creating the perception of an amphibious assault is requiring the IRGC to commit resources to counter that assault, setting up a target rich buffet for the air supremacy assets. Misdirection combined with total informational awareness provides the needed force multipliers to offset the remnant IRGC preparations. Schwarzkopf USMC feint and Operation Fortitude come to mind!
Thank you Mike. I’ve been a Treeper from afar and both you & Regtiger (SP) have always been the voice of reason. Oh and of course Sundance
God bless you both !!!!
Since Carter, OUR corrupt uniparty has funded the Islamist regime in Iran and China supplies Iran with weapons.
CAIR is in DC.
The Islamists in Iran have killed thousands of Americans.
We have paid protesters supporting Islamists in NYC.
How is President Trump going to thread this needle when evil in this country are openly working against him and our troops?
I only trust President Trump and our troops.
I’m praying for President Trump, our troops and our country to succeed.
Lots of comments with lots of speculation. The fourth week in and we are looking at controlling their main really only source of income. Let the warriors do what they do and then we can watch the result!
Another interesting view from a ship captain. This is from the angle of American shipping and ship building interests, making them great again by using the Strait as leverage against countries who have opposed strengthening American ship building and shipping companies.
The Hormuz Hypothesis – What if the US Navy isn’t in a hurry to reopen the Strait?
John Konrad
https://gcaptain.com/the-hormuz-hypothesis-what-if-the-u-s-navy-isnt-in-a-hurry-to-reopen-the-strait/
Now this is an intriguing perspective.
There are merits to the underlying ideas worthy of further examination.
This is some great insights. Very worth the read. 👍
The USS Tripoli.
From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli………….
For those that don’t know why the passage “to the shore of Tripoli” is in the Marine Hymn, here it is:
The phrase “to the shores of Tripoli” in the U.S. Marine Hymn commemorates the 1805 Battle of Derna during the First Barbary War, marking the first U.S. military victory on foreign soil.
It specifically references the daring expedition led by First Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon and eight Marines, who marched 500 miles across the desert to capture the fortified town of Derna (east of Tripoli, Libya) from Barbary pirates.
This operation was orchestrated by William Eaton, the U.S. Consul to Tunis, who allied with the exiled prince Hamet Karamanli to overthrow the ruling Bashaw Yusuf Karamanli.
On April 27, 1805, the small American force, supported by naval gunfire, successfully stormed the city, raising the American flag over the captured fort.
Although the political treaty signed later that year did not restore Hamet to power, the victory established American resolve against extortion and became a foundational symbol of the Marine Corps’ expeditionary identity.
I am not in favor of our young men and women setting foot in the region.
This will not go over well for our parents of these young people..I’m hearing grumblings.
More American blood spilling on sand soil that isn’t ours.
President Trump had better rethink this.
Remember, it is the middle class families that have to bear this. And i am not even talking politics here.
You had better believe it.
It is one thing to drop American bombs on the sand over there. It is entirely another thing to drop American sons on it.
It had better be to protect the very essence of America’s soul and existence before that blood is risked and expended. Many are not sure if this campaign warrants THAT level of sacrifice. As our ‘allies’ (who need the region’s oil and stability far more than we do, and increasingly openly insult and defy America) again contribute next to nothing.
Many of the cheerleaders don’t have their own children and grandchildren at risk. It’s all a glorified adult video game on Fox News for them.
They are happy to send other American families’ sons and daughters over there to fight and die so they can play their little game of Risk in their living rooms. Levin’s and Graham’s children and grandchildren won’t be the ones being sacrificed.
Troops in that region for any more than a couple weeks and or with significant casualties, and you can kiss the midterms — and the remainder of this Presidency — goodbye. Many will simply not show up in November to endorse yet another mid-east adventure, as the homeland remains fully infested with invaders, with no election reforms in place, and nearly all the seditious conspirators continuing to run free, completely unscathed.
Many in the base didn’t vote for a full-on Iranian war in November of 2024, and believe that PDJT is being slowly misled into mission creep, dragging him and the Nation into another mid-east adventure involving American blood, while Europe and Isreal and our mid-east allies continue to dodge proportional responsibility.
PDJT has now been maneuvered onto a tightrope. And I pray for him, and the children and grandchildren from our families who are serving (such as mine), that he pulls this off quickly, as he has so brilliantly done before.
Don’t spill any more precious American blood for ungrateful and unhelpful others, Mr. President.
Well said and I totally agree. Let Israel send their troops who are highly praised for their abilities. They have the most to lose and it is the very, very least they should do.
Did you read the post above yours? I recommend you read it … if we all stayed cocooned, NOTHING would get done and we would NOT have emerged from the caves our ancestors huddled in nor would tyrants ruling over us ever have been overthrown …
Sorry, but everything changes when it could be YOUR children or grandchildren at stake.
Damn , you’re cold .
Is it easy for you to sacrifice someone else’s children and grandchildren ?
Twisted
Democrats and the great deception
The greatest trick the Democrats ever pulled was getting people to believe that they are the good guys.
Eric Utter | March 29, 2026
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/03/democrats_and_the_great_deception.html
IF the devil ever arrives in physical form, will he:
a) Appear with a red cape and horns, or –
b) As a democrat carrying ‘walking around’ money?
The EU and Ukraine hardest hit.
Let’s wait and see what happens.
(prior to wild speculations and condemnations)
I love President Trump.
Prayers for our service men & women and President Trump. 🙏🏻
I just wish they would quit asking our soldiers and Marines to keep risking their lives to fix the problems caused by our politicians.
That’s what Pres Trump is trying to stop.
“They” have been sending soldiers for DECADES and our President wants this to end.
My dad, uncles, and their whole neighborhood of all the boys went overseas in WWII. Why? Because of these politicians.
Actually, seizing Kharg island or any island in the Strait will only be a temporary tactical victory. The resupplying of whatever force which accomplished this task will be an extremely difficult mission. FPV drones and loitering UAV’s are difficult to engage and controlling them from the well hidden caves and manmade improved outcroppings will be next to impossible.
Remember they have been planning this since 2003. I fear for our brave men who will attempt this nearly suicidal mission. Let us pray for our marines to all come home safely through the Presidents wise decision to allow the Israeli troops to pay this butchers bill.
The President should INSIST that Israeli troops be sent.
Reminds me a bit of Wall St funding both sides of WWII ‘conflict’ between Communism and National Socialism. They really do not want people to look too closely into it because perhaps they would understand things clearer and why they did WWII maybe. Think Pike.
Biden ‘knowingly and unlawfully’ gave $1.5B that helped fund Hamas, other terror groups: suit
https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/biden-admin-knowingly-and-unlawfully-gave-1-5b-in-us-aid-that-helped-fund-hamas-terror-groups-suit/
The Marines in theater only have two things to do:
Chew bubble gum
Kick ass
When they arrived they discovered that they did not bring any bubble gum with them.
The Unraveling of Sykes-Picot
https://buchanan.org/blog/the-unraveling-of-sykes-picot-5599?doing_wp_cron=1774793099.9574880599975585937500
“France got Syria and Lebanon. Britain took Transjordan, *Palestine* and Iraq, and carved out Kuwait.
Vladimir Lenin discovered the Sykes-Picot treaty in the czar’s archives and published it, so the world might see what the Great War was truly all about. Sykes-Picot proved impossible to reconcile with Woodrow Wilson’s declaration that he and the allies — the British, French, Italian, Russian and Japanese empires — were all fighting “to make the world safe for democracy.”
Imperial hypocrisy stood naked and exposed.”
So what was it really for? To get the Ottoman’s out of Palestine and make sure London was in control of it?
Another look at Sykes-Picot, August 2015:
Forget Sykes-Picot – It’s the Treaty of Sèvres That Explains the Modern Middle East.
Ninety-five years ago today, European diplomats gathered at a porcelain factory in the Paris suburb of Sèvres and signed a treaty to remake the Middle East from the ashes of the Ottoman empire. The plan collapsed so quickly we barely remember it anymore, but the short-lived Treaty of Sèvres, no less than the endlessly discussed Sykes-Picot agreement, had consequences that can still be seen today. We might do well to consider a few of them as the anniversary of this forgotten treaty quietly passes by.
https://africahornnow.com/2015/08/12/forget-sykes-picot-its-the-treaty-of-sevres-that-explains-the-modern-middle-east/
President Trump announces the Marines will take Kharg Island and the Iranians focus all assets there.
The Marines instead occupy the air port in Bandar Abbas.
The leftist media complains endlessly that ‘Trump lied again’.
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land (2002)
Don’t like this if boots hit that island. I come from a military family etc. Seems off character from PDJT, if he does this. I am not a bot etc. I support PDJT.
There is an old saying….”Marine Mom, toughest job in The Corps”…
That concept applies to all branches.
Here’s the problem: If the Marines go in to Kharg Island, the mullahs will surely fire missiles and drones to kill many of our men and women. If that were to happen, look for a ‘rat house and probably senate in November. End of the Trump presidency with impeachments and possibly removal from office.. Most Americans have no stomach for any loss of military life. Too many failed wars from Vietnam to Afghanistan.
IMHO the Iran situation should have been taken care of a long time ago before they amassed all their weapons. Mistakes made by clinton, bush II, especially obama and biden have put us in this situation.
Need to add Trump’s last term as President to that list.
You are definitely a battered wife
I’d start with wiping out the Houthis: bomb the hell out of those murderers.
Hoping this doesn’t become the American version of Dien Bien Phu.
Kharg is a war prize, along with other strategic Islands near the Straits.
Take those and shut the mullah’s bank account off. All future oil moves on our say so based on our gigantic leverage.
Dealing with these satanic rogues will cost us half a trillion. We get payback out of that oil, and guess what, China pays the same international rate.
I hope PDJT puts a 5000 per head prize for each Mullah. Its past time to cut the theocracy into little chunks.
Who owns the oil wells and pipelines that pump into Kharg Island?
Correct question. And who can just turn the valves to the “off” position?
In a few more weeks after this is over and Trump successfully brings this to a conclusion everyone on here will be saying how they knew all along this would work out what a great President! Let it play out we have leveled Iran. We are winning big league.
If PDJT does that, wonderful. And if anyone can do, it will be him. He is the master negotiator and deal maker, and has proven it time and time again.
But if not, I want your children and grandchildren immediately at the recruiting stations, and fighting alongside ours, over there.
Thousands of Marines there is a tremendous raising of the table stakes. Put yours up. This is a more serious situation than Ukraine.
Ukraine/EU war with major nuclear power makes it a much more serious situation.
My granddaughter and 2 grandsons are ready to go. We’re certainly not going to wait for Iran to go nuclear.
Absolutely.