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Botany

(77,737 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:45 AM 6 hrs ago

Trump, My military blockade on Iran is the "greatest military maneuver in history"

Iran is now putting together a 2 million dollar per ship fee per trip through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran is gonna make billions.

Donny

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Trump, My military blockade on Iran is the "greatest military maneuver in history" (Original Post) Botany 6 hrs ago OP
A legend in his own mind bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #1
Hilarious Coolgoober 6 hrs ago #2
No one this insecure and desperate for achievements should be in charge of anything malaise 6 hrs ago #3
Just like Little Big Horn and Gallipoli! Ocelot II 6 hrs ago #4
I was gonna go with the economic version of the Massacre at Cannae, but those work too lol. Volaris 2 hrs ago #11
John Paul Jones, and several others would like a word.... (no text) Attilatheblond 6 hrs ago #5
D-Day, Midway, Allen Turing and his computer to find U-Boats, General Grant and locking down the .... Botany 6 hrs ago #7
The blockade he was running Monday Johonny 6 hrs ago #6
He will give himself a Medal of Honor dalton99a 6 hrs ago #8
So I guess these military maneuvers weren't better? LogDog75 4 hrs ago #9
Ah yes, and Alexander wept. mr715 4 hrs ago #10

bucolic_frolic

(55,660 posts)
1. A legend in his own mind
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:49 AM
6 hrs ago

Straw man competition.

If you're coworker or spouse or family member said such things ....................

malaise

(297,573 posts)
3. No one this insecure and desperate for achievements should be in charge of anything
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:53 AM
6 hrs ago

That is all

Volaris

(11,778 posts)
11. I was gonna go with the economic version of the Massacre at Cannae, but those work too lol.
Wed May 6, 2026, 02:59 PM
2 hrs ago

He could shoot himself in the foot and he would brag about how good the gun works.

Botany

(77,737 posts)
7. D-Day, Midway, Allen Turing and his computer to find U-Boats, General Grant and locking down the ....
Wed May 6, 2026, 11:05 AM
6 hrs ago

…. Mississippi River, the French tying up the British Navy @ Yorktown, John Kerry not losing one man
in one of the most dangerous duty in Vietnam, ….

Johonny

(26,494 posts)
6. The blockade he was running Monday
Wed May 6, 2026, 11:01 AM
6 hrs ago

And now back on Wednesday...

Tomorrow we will be bombing or putting with the Arian youth...

LogDog75

(1,351 posts)
9. So I guess these military maneuvers weren't better?
Wed May 6, 2026, 01:02 PM
4 hrs ago

The Battle of Guadalcanal Canal
Iwo Jima
Raid at Cabanatuan (The Great Raid movie) where over 500 American POWs were rescued from the apanese
D-Day
Desert Storm I

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