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🇺🇸🇮🇷 KHARG ISLAND: THE “QUICK WIN” THAT COULD TRAP AMERICA IN ANOTHER FOREVER WAR Suddenly, a small speck in the Persian Gulf has been rebranded as the key to victory. Take it, we’re told, and Iran folds. Take it, and the war tilts decisively in Washington’s favor. It sounds...

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NEW: Kharg Island. The Strait of Hormuz. Iranian retaliation. A growing blockade. Bill Hemmer breaks down the entire picture, explaining why the fight over Kharg Island isn't just about territory — it's about the economic lifeline of Iran. “The reason why this is so significant is because if you take control of Kharg Island, you will take control yet again of the economy of Iran… But if you take Kharg Island, you have to control it. And that means you put U.S. men and women in danger of taking fire on behalf of Iran.” | America's Newsroom
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NEW: Kharg Island. The Strait of Hormuz. Iranian retaliation. A growing blockade. Bill Hemmer breaks down the entire picture, explaining why the fight over Kharg Island isn't just about territory — it's about the economic lifeline of Iran. “The reason why this is so significant is because if you take control of Kharg Island, you will take control yet again of the economy of Iran… But if you take Kharg Island, you have to control it. And that means you put U.S. men and women in danger of taking fire on behalf of Iran.” | America's Newsroom

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 A tiny island in the Persian Gulf has suddenly become one of the most dangerous flashpoints in this war. Kharg Island sits just 30 km off Iran’s coast and handles more than 90% of the country’s oil exports. It also stores around 30 million barrels of crude. The U.S. recently struck over 90 military targets on the island, hitting air defenses, naval sites, and the airport. The oil terminal itself was spared. Why? Because shutting Kharg down could shock global oil markets overnight. Iran has already warned that if its oil infrastructure is attacked, U.S.-linked energy facilities could “turn to ashes.” Now tensions are rising again. The U.S. is deploying 2,500 Marines and the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli to the region. The question now: are they preparing for a ground war, or a move to seize Kharg Island? GeoDynamicss
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 A tiny island in the Persian Gulf has suddenly become one of the most dangerous flashpoints in this war. Kharg Island sits just 30 km off Iran’s coast and handles more than 90% of the country’s oil exports. It also stores around 30 million barrels of crude. The U.S. recently struck over 90 military targets on the island, hitting air defenses, naval sites, and the airport. The oil terminal itself was spared. Why? Because shutting Kharg down could shock global oil markets overnight. Iran has already warned that if its oil infrastructure is attacked, U.S.-linked energy facilities could “turn to ashes.” Now tensions are rising again. The U.S. is deploying 2,500 Marines and the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli to the region. The question now: are they preparing for a ground war, or a move to seize Kharg Island? GeoDynamicss

Mario Nawfal

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🎭 Kharg: When Washington Confuses Strategy with Televised Sacrifice By Brainless Partisans 🏴‍☠️☢️☣️🪆 One must give Lindsey Graham credit for his admirable consistency: every international crisis, in his words, becomes a movie set where American soldiers serve as sacrificial extras for a script hastily written between TV appearances. “If you control Kharg, you control the Iranian economy. And if we have to go back there, that would be a good starting point.” A “good starting point.” The phrasing is almost clinical. Cold. Disembodied. As if we were talking about a map exercise, not an amphibious operation in one of the most militarized maritime areas in the world. Yes, the island of Kharg is Iran’s oil lifeline: the majority of its crude exports pass through there, making it an obvious economic target. But that is precisely what makes the idea of a military takeover as absurd as it is indecent. Kharg is not a remote, forgotten island, vulnerable to the first show of force that comes along. It is a strategic chokepoint, exposed but heavily guarded, located in the immediate vicinity of Iran’s naval, air, and ballistic capabilities in the Gulf. A strip of land with no real defensive depth: you don’t land there to entrench yourself; you land there to get pinned down. In other words, Graham is not describing a strategy. He is describing an obituary in the making. The most ironic thing is that even U.S. military decision-makers generally avoid this kind of simplistic rhetoric. The strikes discussed around Kharg have so far carefully distinguished between military targets and energy infrastructure, a sign that the Pentagon is still weighing the consequences of a full-scale escalation. But for Graham, war remains a Pavlovian reflex. An island? We take it. An oil terminal? We neutralize it. An economy? We “control” it. As if recent history had never shown that occupying a strategic point never amounts to controlling a country, much less breaking its political will. The senator is peddling the macho illusion of a simple, clean, telegenic victory. A sort of fantasy of remote command where planting the flag on Kharg would be enough to bring Tehran to its knees. In reality, what he is proposing is to turn American soldiers into cannon fodder for a slogan. For once the troops have landed, where will they take cover? Under what terrain? Under what protection against drones, coastal missiles, naval strikes, and ballistic saturation? Nowhere. Kharg would become less of a bridgehead and more of a perfect target. And this is where satire meets tragedy: certain political leaders speak of human lives as if they were merely a cost of communication. An island to be seized to send a message. A sacrifice to “demonstrate American resolve.” An operation designed primarily for its media impact. War, in Graham’s view, is no longer a matter of strategy. It is a staged performance. A camera, a flag, a martial phrase. And, off-screen, the coffins. That is the true “starting point”: not a victory, but a public relations operation whose price would be paid by those who will never comment on the war from an air-conditioned studio.
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🎭 Kharg: When Washington Confuses Strategy with Televised Sacrifice By Brainless Partisans 🏴‍☠️☢️☣️🪆 One must give Lindsey Graham credit for his admirable consistency: every international crisis, in his words, becomes a movie set where American soldiers serve as sacrificial extras for a script hastily written between TV appearances. “If you control Kharg, you control the Iranian economy. And if we have to go back there, that would be a good starting point.” A “good starting point.” The phrasing is almost clinical. Cold. Disembodied. As if we were talking about a map exercise, not an amphibious operation in one of the most militarized maritime areas in the world. Yes, the island of Kharg is Iran’s oil lifeline: the majority of its crude exports pass through there, making it an obvious economic target. But that is precisely what makes the idea of a military takeover as absurd as it is indecent. Kharg is not a remote, forgotten island, vulnerable to the first show of force that comes along. It is a strategic chokepoint, exposed but heavily guarded, located in the immediate vicinity of Iran’s naval, air, and ballistic capabilities in the Gulf. A strip of land with no real defensive depth: you don’t land there to entrench yourself; you land there to get pinned down. In other words, Graham is not describing a strategy. He is describing an obituary in the making. The most ironic thing is that even U.S. military decision-makers generally avoid this kind of simplistic rhetoric. The strikes discussed around Kharg have so far carefully distinguished between military targets and energy infrastructure, a sign that the Pentagon is still weighing the consequences of a full-scale escalation. But for Graham, war remains a Pavlovian reflex. An island? We take it. An oil terminal? We neutralize it. An economy? We “control” it. As if recent history had never shown that occupying a strategic point never amounts to controlling a country, much less breaking its political will. The senator is peddling the macho illusion of a simple, clean, telegenic victory. A sort of fantasy of remote command where planting the flag on Kharg would be enough to bring Tehran to its knees. In reality, what he is proposing is to turn American soldiers into cannon fodder for a slogan. For once the troops have landed, where will they take cover? Under what terrain? Under what protection against drones, coastal missiles, naval strikes, and ballistic saturation? Nowhere. Kharg would become less of a bridgehead and more of a perfect target. And this is where satire meets tragedy: certain political leaders speak of human lives as if they were merely a cost of communication. An island to be seized to send a message. A sacrifice to “demonstrate American resolve.” An operation designed primarily for its media impact. War, in Graham’s view, is no longer a matter of strategy. It is a staged performance. A camera, a flag, a martial phrase. And, off-screen, the coffins. That is the true “starting point”: not a victory, but a public relations operation whose price would be paid by those who will never comment on the war from an air-conditioned studio.

Brainless Partisans 🏴‍☠️☢️☣️🪆

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Mace: I was not convinced when I walked out of there that troops on the ground were necessary to declare victory. I believe President Trump can declare victory now. I have a hard time understanding what Kharg Island has to do with some of our objectives and thinking through and wargaming through what the consequences of taking Kharg Island might mean. It might mean that there are entire countries in the Middle East that don't have water We're doing all of this with the knowledge that Russia is aiding Iran. China is aiding Iran. And so, you know, to do this in a more protracted manner, to put troops on the ground, then they're going to have to come to congress and convince us that it is the right thing to do.
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Mace: I was not convinced when I walked out of there that troops on the ground were necessary to declare victory. I believe President Trump can declare victory now. I have a hard time understanding what Kharg Island has to do with some of our objectives and thinking through and wargaming through what the consequences of taking Kharg Island might mean. It might mean that there are entire countries in the Middle East that don't have water We're doing all of this with the knowledge that Russia is aiding Iran. China is aiding Iran. And so, you know, to do this in a more protracted manner, to put troops on the ground, then they're going to have to come to congress and convince us that it is the right thing to do.

Acyn

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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Kharg Island sits just 15 miles off Iran’s coast, comfortably inside the range of Iranian missiles, drones, and coastal artillery. So if the U.S. ever tried to land Marines there they’d be storming a beach while the mainland shoots at them the entire time. Kharg handles around 90% of Iran’s oil exports, basically the country’s economic lifeline. Control the island and you control the tap. But trying to seize it means fighting in a tiny, exposed patch of water where Iran can throw mines, drones, missiles, and swarm boats at you nonstop. Capturing Kharg might choke Iran’s economy, but it's not easy. Sources: CSIS, ISW, IISS
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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Kharg Island sits just 15 miles off Iran’s coast, comfortably inside the range of Iranian missiles, drones, and coastal artillery. So if the U.S. ever tried to land Marines there they’d be storming a beach while the mainland shoots at them the entire time. Kharg handles around 90% of Iran’s oil exports, basically the country’s economic lifeline. Control the island and you control the tap. But trying to seize it means fighting in a tiny, exposed patch of water where Iran can throw mines, drones, missiles, and swarm boats at you nonstop. Capturing Kharg might choke Iran’s economy, but it's not easy. Sources: CSIS, ISW, IISS

Mario Nawfal

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Pentagon is planning weeks of ground operations while the White House says the war is almost over... Trump: "I'm not putting troops anywhere." Rubio: "We can achieve all objectives without ground troops." Meanwhile, the Pentagon is war-gaming raids on Kharg Island and coastal weapons sites that officials say would take "weeks, not months." One source even said "a couple of months." 62% of Americans strongly oppose ground troops in Iran. Republican congressmen who are Navy SEALs are saying no. And Lindsey Graham compared seizing Kharg to Iwo Jima, a battle that killed 6,800 Marines. The most honest quote came from a former defense official: "Seizing it is not difficult. Protecting your guys once they are there is." Every expert says the same thing. You can take the islands. You just can't hold them without becoming a target practice range for Iranian drones and missiles. And 62% of the country doesn't even want you to try. Source: Washington Post Media: Visioner
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Pentagon is planning weeks of ground operations while the White House says the war is almost over... Trump: "I'm not putting troops anywhere." Rubio: "We can achieve all objectives without ground troops." Meanwhile, the Pentagon is war-gaming raids on Kharg Island and coastal weapons sites that officials say would take "weeks, not months." One source even said "a couple of months." 62% of Americans strongly oppose ground troops in Iran. Republican congressmen who are Navy SEALs are saying no. And Lindsey Graham compared seizing Kharg to Iwo Jima, a battle that killed 6,800 Marines. The most honest quote came from a former defense official: "Seizing it is not difficult. Protecting your guys once they are there is." Every expert says the same thing. You can take the islands. You just can't hold them without becoming a target practice range for Iranian drones and missiles. And 62% of the country doesn't even want you to try. Source: Washington Post Media: Visioner

Mario Nawfal

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Iran's Kharg Island, a small strip of land about one-third the size of Manhattan, is at the center of the country’s oil economy—and increasingly, the Iran war. After Iran’s shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage through which roughly a fifth of global oil flows, prices have surged worldwide. Kharg Island is Iran’s main oil export terminal, with deepwater ports that allow tankers to ship crude to global markets. President Donald Trump has repeatedly pointed to the island as a potential target, warning on Monday he could “obliterate” it if a deal is not reached. Here is what you should know about the main terminal for Iran’s oil exports in one minute. Read more here:
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Iran's Kharg Island, a small strip of land about one-third the size of Manhattan, is at the center of the country’s oil economy—and increasingly, the Iran war. After Iran’s shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage through which roughly a fifth of global oil flows, prices have surged worldwide. Kharg Island is Iran’s main oil export terminal, with deepwater ports that allow tankers to ship crude to global markets. President Donald Trump has repeatedly pointed to the island as a potential target, warning on Monday he could “obliterate” it if a deal is not reached. Here is what you should know about the main terminal for Iran’s oil exports in one minute. Read more here:

TIME

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🇮🇷 Iran figured out you don’t need to physically close a strait to shut it down — you just need the insurance underwriters in Lloyd’s of London to believe you might and provide enough of a demonstration. Fear is the main weapon, more than the mines, fast boats or missile volleys. And Iran controls the geography that makes that fear rational. The two shipping lanes at Hormuz are each exactly 2 miles wide the width of Manhattan, flanked on the north by Iran’s rugged coastline and a string of fortified islands: Qeshm, Larak, Hormuz, and the disputed Abu Musa, Greater and Lesser Tunb. Seven of the strait’s eight major islands are Iranian. They're unsinkable missile platforms and bases parked directly over the only navigable corridor on earth that handles 20% of global oil. Flight time for a sea-skimming cruise missile from Qeshm to a loaded supertanker: under two minutes. Which is why the Kharg Island plan is a suicidal fantasy. Taking Kharg even if you could do it, does nothing to the strait. Iran doesn’t need Kharg to control Hormuz. It needs Qeshm, Larak, Abu Musa, the coastal batteries, the tunnel networks, the mine stockpiles, and 1,000km of rugged northern shoreline that no amphibious force has a chance of taking. You’d take the island under heavy cost, hold it under constant bombardment, watch the strait stay closed, and find yourself needing to take the next island. Then a coastal perimeter and good luck trying. That’s not a limited Kharg operation. That’s the beginning of a land war and Iran has been waiting 45 years for someone to be stupid enough to start it.
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🇮🇷 Iran figured out you don’t need to physically close a strait to shut it down — you just need the insurance underwriters in Lloyd’s of London to believe you might and provide enough of a demonstration. Fear is the main weapon, more than the mines, fast boats or missile volleys. And Iran controls the geography that makes that fear rational. The two shipping lanes at Hormuz are each exactly 2 miles wide the width of Manhattan, flanked on the north by Iran’s rugged coastline and a string of fortified islands: Qeshm, Larak, Hormuz, and the disputed Abu Musa, Greater and Lesser Tunb. Seven of the strait’s eight major islands are Iranian. They're unsinkable missile platforms and bases parked directly over the only navigable corridor on earth that handles 20% of global oil. Flight time for a sea-skimming cruise missile from Qeshm to a loaded supertanker: under two minutes. Which is why the Kharg Island plan is a suicidal fantasy. Taking Kharg even if you could do it, does nothing to the strait. Iran doesn’t need Kharg to control Hormuz. It needs Qeshm, Larak, Abu Musa, the coastal batteries, the tunnel networks, the mine stockpiles, and 1,000km of rugged northern shoreline that no amphibious force has a chance of taking. You’d take the island under heavy cost, hold it under constant bombardment, watch the strait stay closed, and find yourself needing to take the next island. Then a coastal perimeter and good luck trying. That’s not a limited Kharg operation. That’s the beginning of a land war and Iran has been waiting 45 years for someone to be stupid enough to start it.

THE ISLANDER

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Lindsey Graham "We did Iwo Jima, we could do this [Take Iran's Kharg Island]" This childless geriatric clown wants your children to die for Israel on an island that's even more dangerous than Iwo Jima. On Iwo Jima, the US marines wasn't in range of enemy artillery. But on Kharg Island, the US marines will be totally exposed to Iranian drones and missiles. The whole taking Kharg Island thing, sounds like a workable strategy; Take control of 90% of Iran's oil export. After taking control, the US can export it and ensure oil market stability. HOWEVER: 🔹Kharg island is INSIDE the Persian Gulf, even if the US took control of the oil storage facilities, they still need to sail it through the Strait of Hormuz. 🔹More importantly, Kharg island is only the location where Iranian oil are stored and shipped, it's NOT where it is drilled or refined. Why would Iran give refined oil to the Americans? So the key objectives of taking Kharg Island, ie taking the oil then export it to stabilize the market can't happen. And if your take that objective away, you can just bomb Kharg island without boots on the ground. But AGAIN, that would wreck havoc on the oil market, somethin the US, especially American allies cannot afford. This is why the Trump regime is full of amateurs who can't see past their noses.
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Lindsey Graham "We did Iwo Jima, we could do this [Take Iran's Kharg Island]" This childless geriatric clown wants your children to die for Israel on an island that's even more dangerous than Iwo Jima. On Iwo Jima, the US marines wasn't in range of enemy artillery. But on Kharg Island, the US marines will be totally exposed to Iranian drones and missiles. The whole taking Kharg Island thing, sounds like a workable strategy; Take control of 90% of Iran's oil export. After taking control, the US can export it and ensure oil market stability. HOWEVER: 🔹Kharg island is INSIDE the Persian Gulf, even if the US took control of the oil storage facilities, they still need to sail it through the Strait of Hormuz. 🔹More importantly, Kharg island is only the location where Iranian oil are stored and shipped, it's NOT where it is drilled or refined. Why would Iran give refined oil to the Americans? So the key objectives of taking Kharg Island, ie taking the oil then export it to stabilize the market can't happen. And if your take that objective away, you can just bomb Kharg island without boots on the ground. But AGAIN, that would wreck havoc on the oil market, somethin the US, especially American allies cannot afford. This is why the Trump regime is full of amateurs who can't see past their noses.

Zhao DaShuai 东北进修🇨🇳 Commentary

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🚨 MATT BRACKEN: A GROUND INVASION OF IRAN WOULD BE A STRATEGIC TRAP 🚨 I asked Matt Bracken whether the U.S. could seriously attempt a ground invasion of Iran. His answer was direct: totally unrealistic. He argues that ideas such as seizing Kharg Island, Qeshm Island, or pushing deep into Iran ignore geography, Iranian military preparation, and the history of failed expeditionary operations. Bracken compares the scenario to two warnings from history: Operation Eagle Claw in Iran and Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. Both show what happens when outside powers overestimate air superiority, underestimate the terrain, and place elite forces in positions where extraction becomes more difficult than insertion. His point is not that the U.S. lacks military power. It is that landing troops in Iran could create a strategic trap: exposed forces, missile and drone attacks, possible prisoners, and no clear objective after the landing. The question becomes simple: After Washington “catches the car,” what does it do next? .Matt Bracken .Syriana Analysis
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🚨 MATT BRACKEN: A GROUND INVASION OF IRAN WOULD BE A STRATEGIC TRAP 🚨 I asked Matt Bracken whether the U.S. could seriously attempt a ground invasion of Iran. His answer was direct: totally unrealistic. He argues that ideas such as seizing Kharg Island, Qeshm Island, or pushing deep into Iran ignore geography, Iranian military preparation, and the history of failed expeditionary operations. Bracken compares the scenario to two warnings from history: Operation Eagle Claw in Iran and Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. Both show what happens when outside powers overestimate air superiority, underestimate the terrain, and place elite forces in positions where extraction becomes more difficult than insertion. His point is not that the U.S. lacks military power. It is that landing troops in Iran could create a strategic trap: exposed forces, missile and drone attacks, possible prisoners, and no clear objective after the landing. The question becomes simple: After Washington “catches the car,” what does it do next? .Matt Bracken .Syriana Analysis

Kevork Almassian

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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 TARGETING KHARG ISLAND: THE RISKS OF OCCUPATION U.S. military officials suggest it would take at least 12,000 to 15,000 troops to take and hold Kharg Island, reports Ian Bremmer. The political analyst notes that moving ground forces into contested territory puts them directly within "drone and artillery range" of the Iranian mainland. Ian warns that if the UAE is seen as directly involved in driving this escalation, Iran may redirect its remaining firepower at Emirati cities. For Bremmer, the danger of a racheting conflict is that the U.S. doesn't yet have the boots on the ground required for the goals they've set. ian bremmer
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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 TARGETING KHARG ISLAND: THE RISKS OF OCCUPATION U.S. military officials suggest it would take at least 12,000 to 15,000 troops to take and hold Kharg Island, reports Ian Bremmer. The political analyst notes that moving ground forces into contested territory puts them directly within "drone and artillery range" of the Iranian mainland. Ian warns that if the UAE is seen as directly involved in driving this escalation, Iran may redirect its remaining firepower at Emirati cities. For Bremmer, the danger of a racheting conflict is that the U.S. doesn't yet have the boots on the ground required for the goals they've set. ian bremmer

Mario Nawfal

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🚨🇺🇸 🇮🇷 THE VIETNAM PARALLEL: LOST CONTROL IN IRAN You can start a war with a plan for it to be "quick and surgical," but once the first shot is fired, you lose control of how it ends. Glenn Greenwald warns that even a president who genuinely wants to avoid war can be sucked into a quagmire, much like Lyndon Johnson was in Vietnam. With Iran showing no signs of unconditional surrender or regime collapse, the U.S. is finding it increasingly difficult to extricate itself from a conflict that has taken on a life of its own. Glenn Greenwald
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🚨🇺🇸 🇮🇷 THE VIETNAM PARALLEL: LOST CONTROL IN IRAN You can start a war with a plan for it to be "quick and surgical," but once the first shot is fired, you lose control of how it ends. Glenn Greenwald warns that even a president who genuinely wants to avoid war can be sucked into a quagmire, much like Lyndon Johnson was in Vietnam. With Iran showing no signs of unconditional surrender or regime collapse, the U.S. is finding it increasingly difficult to extricate itself from a conflict that has taken on a life of its own. Glenn Greenwald

Mario Nawfal

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BREAKING: Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg says that the Iraqi Kurds are doing something that's "really hard to do" by starting a FULL SCALE ground invasion into Iran: "people don't realize how big it is." "What I would hope they do is go take Kharg Island" which is known as an "oil island." "Kharg Island is in the northern Persian Gulf. It is an island. It's offshore about 18 miles. And if you take that out, that island, that's 80 to 90% of the petroleum usage that the Iranians have." "You basically shut them off economically. They cannot support China. They cannot support Russia as well. And sooner or later, the other side is going to realize this is just a bad news thing. So 10% right now, today, 10% of China's oil comes from Iran." "When you add the 5% of their oil that came out of Venezuela, that's 15% cut in their economics and oil. So I would prefer they do something like that."
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BREAKING: Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg says that the Iraqi Kurds are doing something that's "really hard to do" by starting a FULL SCALE ground invasion into Iran: "people don't realize how big it is." "What I would hope they do is go take Kharg Island" which is known as an "oil island." "Kharg Island is in the northern Persian Gulf. It is an island. It's offshore about 18 miles. And if you take that out, that island, that's 80 to 90% of the petroleum usage that the Iranians have." "You basically shut them off economically. They cannot support China. They cannot support Russia as well. And sooner or later, the other side is going to realize this is just a bad news thing. So 10% right now, today, 10% of China's oil comes from Iran." "When you add the 5% of their oil that came out of Venezuela, that's 15% cut in their economics and oil. So I would prefer they do something like that."

Gunther Eagleman™

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🚨🇮🇷 There’s a place in the Persian Gulf that carries most of Iran’s economy on its back, Kharg Island. Roughly 90% of Iran’s oil exports leave the country from this single terminal, which makes it the obvious wartime target. Capture it, and you choke off Tehran’s main stream of hard currency almost overnight. There’s just one problem. Kharg sits practically on Iran’s doorstep, well within range of missiles, drones, and artillery from the mainland. So even if the U.S. or Israel seized it, holding it would be a nightmare. Destroying the terminal would be easier, but wiping out millions of barrels of export capacity would also punch a very large hole in global oil markets. Source: Beyond GeoQuest
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🚨🇮🇷 There’s a place in the Persian Gulf that carries most of Iran’s economy on its back, Kharg Island. Roughly 90% of Iran’s oil exports leave the country from this single terminal, which makes it the obvious wartime target. Capture it, and you choke off Tehran’s main stream of hard currency almost overnight. There’s just one problem. Kharg sits practically on Iran’s doorstep, well within range of missiles, drones, and artillery from the mainland. So even if the U.S. or Israel seized it, holding it would be a nightmare. Destroying the terminal would be easier, but wiping out millions of barrels of export capacity would also punch a very large hole in global oil markets. Source: Beyond GeoQuest

Mario Nawfal

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🚨 I Won't Say I Told You So... It Was A 💯 Reality For those of you twatwaffles that doubted they were about to attack Kharg Island, stay in your basement with mommy stuffing your face with hot pockets! 🤡 President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces conducted a major strike on Iran’s strategic Kharg Island, targeting and destroying Iranian military installations while leaving the island’s oil infrastructure intact. He insisted Iran “has no ability to defend” against American attacks and warned Tehran that its critical oil facilities could be hit if it disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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🚨 I Won't Say I Told You So... It Was A 💯 Reality For those of you twatwaffles that doubted they were about to attack Kharg Island, stay in your basement with mommy stuffing your face with hot pockets! 🤡 President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces conducted a major strike on Iran’s strategic Kharg Island, targeting and destroying Iranian military installations while leaving the island’s oil infrastructure intact. He insisted Iran “has no ability to defend” against American attacks and warned Tehran that its critical oil facilities could be hit if it disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Tony Seruga

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🚨🇺🇸 🇮🇷 THE KHARG ISLAND GAMBIT: A MILITARY NECESSITY? Seizing Kharg Island is now being viewed as the essential catalyst needed to force an eventual collapse of the regime. While critics worry that placing U.S. troops on the island makes them "sitting ducks" for drone swarms, Aimen Dean argues there are no risk-free options left. The plan involves carpet bombing the mainland facing the island to neutralize resistance, even if the regime threatens to burn their own oil facilities in response. In a war of "bad options vs. worse options," seizing this strategic hub may be the only way to force the regime to accept terms. Aimen Dean
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🚨🇺🇸 🇮🇷 THE KHARG ISLAND GAMBIT: A MILITARY NECESSITY? Seizing Kharg Island is now being viewed as the essential catalyst needed to force an eventual collapse of the regime. While critics worry that placing U.S. troops on the island makes them "sitting ducks" for drone swarms, Aimen Dean argues there are no risk-free options left. The plan involves carpet bombing the mainland facing the island to neutralize resistance, even if the regime threatens to burn their own oil facilities in response. In a war of "bad options vs. worse options," seizing this strategic hub may be the only way to force the regime to accept terms. Aimen Dean

Mario Nawfal

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Steve Bannon: "We're at the start of a war right now. The decision in going forward is obviously the commander in chief's, but people have to have his back. You have to be convinced this is right thing to do, particularly now that we're on the eve of potentially the insertion of American combat troops. Your sons and daughters could be on Kharg Island or holding a beachhead by the Strait of Hormuz."
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Steve Bannon: "We're at the start of a war right now. The decision in going forward is obviously the commander in chief's, but people have to have his back. You have to be convinced this is right thing to do, particularly now that we're on the eve of potentially the insertion of American combat troops. Your sons and daughters could be on Kharg Island or holding a beachhead by the Strait of Hormuz."

Aaron Rupar

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Ben Shapiro urges Trump to wage total war on Iran: "No one in America wants American casualties… We do understand that war does come along with casualties … we're willing to undergo those casualties in pursuit of an end and for a victory." He says Americans would be fine with Trump blowing up Kharg Island and frames the destruction of Kharg and South Pars as a cheat code to instant victory. Iran has said they'll respond to such an attack on Kharg by blowing up "all oil and gas infrastructure in the region in which the U.S. and its allies have interests" and plunging the world into a global depression.
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Ben Shapiro urges Trump to wage total war on Iran: "No one in America wants American casualties… We do understand that war does come along with casualties … we're willing to undergo those casualties in pursuit of an end and for a victory." He says Americans would be fine with Trump blowing up Kharg Island and frames the destruction of Kharg and South Pars as a cheat code to instant victory. Iran has said they'll respond to such an attack on Kharg by blowing up "all oil and gas infrastructure in the region in which the U.S. and its allies have interests" and plunging the world into a global depression.

Chris Menahan 🇺🇸

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Kharg Island is widely known among Iranians as the “forbidden island.” Behind its modern geoeconomic significance lies an ancient history, from early human settlements dating back more than 4,000 years to occupation by various empires that understood its strategic maritime importance as a trading post.  The small coral outcrop sits around 25 kilometers off the coast of Iran. Up to 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports pass through the terminal there, which is able to load 10 supertankers at once. Access is restricted and the island is guarded by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The island became Iran’s dominant export port for two reasons. First, it could be connected by pipeline to the major oil fields in south-western Iran. Second, its deep water location made it one of the only places on Iran’s western coast that could accommodate supertankers.  In 1956 work began to build oil reservoirs on Kharg. In the 1960s, under the Shah, the island was developed into an oil terminal in partnership with US company Amoco. By around 1975, there were three major oil terminals. Amoco’s property was expropriated after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.  The island was particularly important for French energy giant Total. Over time it became such a priority target during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s that its destruction would have economically crippled Iran. The war destroyed most of the facilities on the island, and after it ended, Iran made it a priority to rebuild them. Since then, Kharg Island has become one of Iran’s best defended sites.  The economic artery No other major oil-producing country is so reliant on just one facility. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, and massive producers elsewhere such as Russia, Mexico and Venezuela, do not concentrate almost all their export capacity in a single location.  About half of the nation’s $50 billion oil industry is controlled by the Revolutionary Guard.  Targeting Kharg would deprive the regime of a key funding source for controlling the population. “If they can’t sell their own oil, they can’t make payroll,” as one analyst put it.  As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran entered its third week, Kharg remained unscathed. That restraint was deliberate. Crippling Iran’s entire oil industry for months, if not years, would shatter the already fragile confidence in financial markets that Trump can achieve his vague war aims without long-term disruption to the global economy.  Some analysts predict that oil prices could soar to $150 a barrel if Kharg is hit. Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine caused Brent crude to rise above $100 for four months, contributing to roughly 9% inflation at the time.  Analysts interpreting satellite imagery noted that Iran apparently expected Kharg to become a target and had started reducing the amount of oil in storage there since early February. By 7 March, only nine of the oil tanks were estimated to be full, compared to 27 in mid-January.  In the days prior to the outbreak of war, Iran ramped up exports from Kharg to near-record levels. Brent crude futures climbed to $103 a barrel on the first Monday of the conflict, their highest level since mid-2022.  Experts note that a third option may be on the table: sabotage and cyberattacks affecting the oil infrastructure on the island, which “would certainly choke the Iranian economy without having to engage militarily.”  The island is a pressure point without a clean trigger. Whoever controls the decision to strike it controls the price of petrol in every country on earth. That is precisely why it still stands. Gandalv Gandalv
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Kharg Island is widely known among Iranians as the “forbidden island.” Behind its modern geoeconomic significance lies an ancient history, from early human settlements dating back more than 4,000 years to occupation by various empires that understood its strategic maritime importance as a trading post.  The small coral outcrop sits around 25 kilometers off the coast of Iran. Up to 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports pass through the terminal there, which is able to load 10 supertankers at once. Access is restricted and the island is guarded by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The island became Iran’s dominant export port for two reasons. First, it could be connected by pipeline to the major oil fields in south-western Iran. Second, its deep water location made it one of the only places on Iran’s western coast that could accommodate supertankers.  In 1956 work began to build oil reservoirs on Kharg. In the 1960s, under the Shah, the island was developed into an oil terminal in partnership with US company Amoco. By around 1975, there were three major oil terminals. Amoco’s property was expropriated after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.  The island was particularly important for French energy giant Total. Over time it became such a priority target during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s that its destruction would have economically crippled Iran. The war destroyed most of the facilities on the island, and after it ended, Iran made it a priority to rebuild them. Since then, Kharg Island has become one of Iran’s best defended sites.  The economic artery No other major oil-producing country is so reliant on just one facility. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, and massive producers elsewhere such as Russia, Mexico and Venezuela, do not concentrate almost all their export capacity in a single location.  About half of the nation’s $50 billion oil industry is controlled by the Revolutionary Guard.  Targeting Kharg would deprive the regime of a key funding source for controlling the population. “If they can’t sell their own oil, they can’t make payroll,” as one analyst put it.  As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran entered its third week, Kharg remained unscathed. That restraint was deliberate. Crippling Iran’s entire oil industry for months, if not years, would shatter the already fragile confidence in financial markets that Trump can achieve his vague war aims without long-term disruption to the global economy.  Some analysts predict that oil prices could soar to $150 a barrel if Kharg is hit. Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine caused Brent crude to rise above $100 for four months, contributing to roughly 9% inflation at the time.  Analysts interpreting satellite imagery noted that Iran apparently expected Kharg to become a target and had started reducing the amount of oil in storage there since early February. By 7 March, only nine of the oil tanks were estimated to be full, compared to 27 in mid-January.  In the days prior to the outbreak of war, Iran ramped up exports from Kharg to near-record levels. Brent crude futures climbed to $103 a barrel on the first Monday of the conflict, their highest level since mid-2022.  Experts note that a third option may be on the table: sabotage and cyberattacks affecting the oil infrastructure on the island, which “would certainly choke the Iranian economy without having to engage militarily.”  The island is a pressure point without a clean trigger. Whoever controls the decision to strike it controls the price of petrol in every country on earth. That is precisely why it still stands. Gandalv Gandalv

Gandalv

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BREAKING: President Trump says the US just carried out "one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East" targeting Iran's Kharg Island. Trump also threatens to "wipe out" Iran's oil infrastructure on the island if Iran interferes with the "free and safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz." Kharg Island has been described as the "crown jewel" of Iran's oil industry. It is a vital, tiny island in the northern Persian Gulf that manages, 90% of Iran's crude oil exports. Kharg Island alone handles ~2% of global oil supply, mainly to China In fact, last month, production coming from Kharg Island hit 3 million barrels per day. History has it that Trump makes tons of major market-moving decisions on Friday nights, just hours after markets are closed. Trump will look to apply more pressure this weekend before markets open. He has 45 hours until futures open. Also Earlier today, the Pentagon approved the deployment of 3,000 Marines and sailors. Hope it is just pressure tactics and not practically deployment- or Trump's move to choke Iran's oil production, China’s supply, and boots on ground
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BREAKING: President Trump says the US just carried out "one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East" targeting Iran's Kharg Island. Trump also threatens to "wipe out" Iran's oil infrastructure on the island if Iran interferes with the "free and safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz." Kharg Island has been described as the "crown jewel" of Iran's oil industry. It is a vital, tiny island in the northern Persian Gulf that manages, 90% of Iran's crude oil exports. Kharg Island alone handles ~2% of global oil supply, mainly to China In fact, last month, production coming from Kharg Island hit 3 million barrels per day. History has it that Trump makes tons of major market-moving decisions on Friday nights, just hours after markets are closed. Trump will look to apply more pressure this weekend before markets open. He has 45 hours until futures open. Also Earlier today, the Pentagon approved the deployment of 3,000 Marines and sailors. Hope it is just pressure tactics and not practically deployment- or Trump's move to choke Iran's oil production, China’s supply, and boots on ground

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