Trump says US just bombed Iran's Kharg Island

[nitpicked]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4gqjyk0vx3t
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19:05

We're now hearing from US President Donald Trump, who shortly after boarding Air Force One for Florida, posted on Truth Social that moments ago, "the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island".

"I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island. However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision," the president continued.

He called on Iran to lay down its weapons and "save what’s left of their country, which isn’t much".
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[electric_blue68]

1. ?!!!!!

[markodochartaigh]

2. How will this affect the price of the Venezuelan oil

controlled by Trump? Will he get a bigger cut?

For a half century I heard people back in Texas say that they wanted a businessman in charge of the US government. Now I have more schadenfreude than Musk has dollars.

[hookaleft]

3. If this is true it is a game changer!!!

[ananda]

4. Is there any independent verificaation of this...

except for Trump saying it?

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. Yeah

He's not exactly a trustworthy source.

[gab13by13]

6. I posted a week ago that Krasnov

Will not touch the oil port on Kharg island.
90% of Iran’s oil goes through that port.

If Krasnov bombs it Iran will have nothing left to lose, When Iranians start starving they will realize that Krasnov doesn’t care about the Iranian people.

The price of crude will skyrocket all across the world, including the U.S. Krasnov fears 5-6 dollar gasoline in the U.S. Bombing Kharg will bring about chaos.

Krasnov did not touch the oil facilities, he thinks by bombing military installations that Iran will cave.

[roamer65]

7. I suspect American troops are going to try to occupy the island.

Won’t matter because the Iranians will target Saudi Aramco facilities.

[vanessa_ca]

8. Trump's been wanting to bomb Kharg Island for 40 years now

He is beginning now to sound approximately like a politician. What would his platform be? ‘Respect,’ he says and pauses heavily. ‘Respect.’ He sounds like the Godfather. ‘We’re a second rate economic power, a debtor nation. We’re getting kicked around.’ I try to imagine the kind of deals he would make with Gorbachev, and fail. I choose an issue. What would he do about Iran, for instance? ‘I’d be harsh on Iran. They’ve been beating us psychologically, making us look a bunch of fools. One bullet shot at one of our men or ships and I’d do a number on Kharg Island. I’d go in and take it. Iran can’t even beat Iraq, yet they push the United States around. It’d be good for the world to take them on.’


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/12/polly-toynbee-1988-interview-donald-trump
Thu 12 Jan 2017
Polly Toynbee meets Donald Trump: the 1988 interview

[ananda]

9. This is not going to go well.

If Trump goes after Kharg oil, Iran
will destroy US oil facilities... and
who knows what else.

Iran will also move to only deal
with China and let them use the
yuan currency.

[BannonsLiver]

10. Softening it up for the ground invasion.