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What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« on: March 16, 2026, 10:18:41 AM »
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Trump isn't sending ships to the Strait of Hormuz. Why is that, do you suppose?

Well, I don't have any actual names or times, but here's probably the reason:

Naval expert have told Trump that there is no viable way that US Navy ships can safeguard shipping vessels through that bottleneck. Worse, it would be very difficult to even defend the Naval vessels themselves. Since we have no control over the land bases at the Strait, Iran could easily attack any warships we send in there, and with almost zero warning.

Bottom line: "Don't try it, Mr. President! It will fail miserably."

So, Trump calls for other nations to do it. But they aren't about to do something so stupid. Not a freaking chance.

Trump is stuck and has no valid way to get unstuck from this situation. "Stupid is as stupid does," once again.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221100929

Douchebag making up stuff again?
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2026, 11:20:15 AM »
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Trump isn't sending ships to the Strait of Hormuz. Why is that, do you suppose?

Well, I don't have any actual names or times, ...

IRL, MM should have answered his "question" with, "I have zero clues and will shut up here." So ...

1. Trump knows he does not need to send large USN ships into the Strait of Hormuz. USN F/A-18s and F-35s and USAF F-15s, F-35s, and A10s can handle the job and respond at 10X or 20X the speed of a ship.

2, It does not take a naval history genius to know that navies are very reluctant to send large, unmaneuverable, ships into narrow waters. Using Guadalcanal as an example, never in that campaign were USN CVs sent into Iron Bottom Sound. Further only once did Halsey send USN BBs into Iron Bottom Sound (and IIRC, the IJN only did it three times, twice disastrously). Fuso and Yamashiro did poorly in the narrow waters of Surigao Strait, too, against more maneuverable USN DDs.
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2026, 02:39:15 PM »
Never mind the fact we have done it before and I double dog dare the Iranians to touch one our boat's.

No balls double dog dare them
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2026, 08:33:55 PM »
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Well, I don't have any actual names or times, ...

Really?! Your posts are typically laser-focused with precise times and dates plus footnotes.  ::)
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2026, 10:45:40 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on March 16, 2026, 11:20:15 AM
IRL, MM should have answered his "question" with, "I have zero clues and will shut up here." So ...


That would require more self awareness than ANY DUmp'Rat has ever demonstrated. We'd be more likely to see #SpongeBrainShitPants come back for another 4 years of running the Biden Crime Family from the Oval Office than any DUmp'Rat stoop to even a substantial fraction of that level of humility.
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