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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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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2026, 03:21:59 PM »
See, this is what happens when your entire military knowledge can be summed up by saying you learned it all from watching The Village People videos.
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2026, 04:01:36 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on March 18, 2026, 03:21:59 PM
See, this is what happens when your entire military knowledge can be summed up by saying you learned it all from watching The Village People videos.

Especially https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qru8FVOiPnU&list=RDQru8FVOiPnU&start_radio=1
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2026, 04:12:34 PM »
I imganie the Navy is saying something along the lines of "What else can we blow up, Mr. President?"  :-)
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2026, 09:16:44 PM »
Quote from: ADsOutburst on March 18, 2026, 04:12:34 PM
I imganie the Navy is saying something along the lines of "What else can we blow up, Mr. President?"  :-)

Or why don't we have one of them there flying torpedo's.
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #9 on: Today at 09:53:51 AM »
Quote from: SVPete on March 18, 2026, 04:01:36 PM
Especially https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qru8FVOiPnU&list=RDQru8FVOiPnU&start_radio=1

Hey, my ship at the time, USS Halsey (CG-23) was in the background at 3:30 in the original In The Navy video. This video was filmed on USS Reasoner (FF-1063), a Knox-class frigate, at the 32nd Street Naval Station in San Diego. USS Halsey was moored at the same pier ahead of USS Reasoner.
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #10 on: Today at 11:20:45 AM »
Quote from: Zathras on Today at 09:53:51 AM
Hey, my ship at the time, USS Halsey (CG-23) was in the background at 3:30 in the original In The Navy video. This video was filmed on USS Reasoner (FF-1063), a Knox-class frigate, at the 32nd Street Naval Station in San Diego. USS Halsey was moored at the same pier ahead of USS Reasoner.

The "Stingray" (the hull number was correct for the real USS Stingray, but she was of the older Salmon class, not the Balao class) was the USS Pampanito, which is a museum in SF. In the scene where the "Stingray" was going out to sea, the hills in the background are near the city of Benicia.
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
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they came home with a broom tied to the mast, that says it all! :-)
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Re: What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
« Reply #12 on: Today at 01:48:27 PM »
Quote from: Old n Grumpy on Today at 01:26:45 PM
they came home with a broom tied to the mast, that says it all! :-)

There's a USS Mush Morton? :-)
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