Why can’t the U.S. just take control of the straight of Hormuz? – explained

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Looks like Trump created FUBAR.

CapWillie says:

March 26, 2026 at 11:37 am

Trump is FUBAR

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The Taco administration should’ve planned its war centered around the problem with the Strait, which was obvious to everyone, being the only card Iran would have and would use to the best of their abilities.
But we have an idiot as president and a complete fool as secretary of defense, and the rest of the gang are not any better. This means a disaster for us was predetermined, thanks to these unfunny clowns.

I was watching a video the other night featuring Ken Harbaugh, he’s an ex USAF pilot who flew many sorties over Iran. He said the securing Hormuz was on high up page 1 of any military plan to control Iran. Someone thought they knew better and thought that bombing the hell out of Iran wonuld solve everything.

Donald Trump is about to start World War 3…

“Just walked out of a House Armed Services briefing on Iran. Let me repeat: I will not support troops on the ground in Iran, even more so after this briefing,” Congresswoman Nancy Mace wrote on X.

“I will not support sending South Carolina’s sons and daughters to war in Iran. I won’t do it,” she wrote in a followup post. “President Trump has been enormously successful so far. But we cannot allow the Washington War Machine to turn Iran into another Iraq.”

While every sane American will quibble with her assessment of Trump’s disastrous job performance thus far, we can’t fault Mace’s opposition to sending troops into Iran. This illegal war serves no American interests and was launched solely on the behalf of Israel to increase their regional power. Americans should not be sent to die for a foreign country.

“The justifications presented to the American public for the war in Iran were not the same military objectives we were briefed on today in the House Armed Services Committee,” wrote Mace. “This gap is deeply troubling. The longer this war continues, the faster it will lose the support of Congress and the American people.”

“And yes, when we say Washington’s war machine, we mean Lindsey Graham,” she added in another post, referring to America’s most bloodthirsty senator who has been urging nonstop escalation in this conflict.

Congressman Mike Rogers shared concerns after the briefing as well, pointing to a lack of transparency from the Trump administration.

“We want to know more about what’s going on, what the options are, and why they’re being considered. And we’re just not getting enough answers on those questions,” he said.

“That’s what I conveyed to them at the end of this hearing, is this has consequences if you don’t remedy it,” said Rogers.
He said that Trump could lose support for this war (which is already deeply unpopular) if he’s unable to make a strong case for it to Congress. Of course, Trump is incapable of making that case because he’s constantly moving the goalposts. One moment the war has already been won, the next it could go on for weeks or months. The objective’s are constantly mutating. The only thing that is clear is that Trump has no idea what he’s doing or why he’s doing it.

“Let me put it this way: I can see why he might have said that,” stated Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker of Rogers’ remarks. “I haven’t heard his comment, and I don’t know the context. But I can see why he might have said that.”

One terrifying possibility right now is that Trump will try to seize Kharg Island off the coast of Iran. It serves as a crucial hub for the nation’s oil experts and some Trump officials believe that capturing it could bring Iran to its knees. Thousands of Marines are currently en route to the Middle East, perhaps for that exact mission. We cannot stress enough what a world historic disaster this would be. Any American troops landing on Kharg will be completely exposed to Iranian missiles and drones. It will be a bloodbath. We have nothing to gain from this wear and everything to lose.