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Iran gearing up to slaughter US Marines in Normandy style battle at Kharg Island
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Date: March 25th, 2026 6:37 PM Author: Curious avocado base (CNN) — Iran has been laying traps and moving additional military personnel and air defenses to Kharg Island in recent weeks in preparation for a possible US operation to take control of the island, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/iran-kharg-island-us-military-ground-troops? |
Date: March 25th, 2026 6:40 PM Author: misunderstood library Normandy was when germany was absolutely raped on the eastern front and was a year from surrender already. this would be worse - won't be staffed by 14 year olds and prisoners & old men like dday beaches were (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49768898) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 7:20 PM Author: Twinkling psychic What's the point of taking the island? What does it accomplish? It's not like the US gets all 90% of the Iranian oil if they take it. The oil still has to be piped over from the mainland. If the US wanted to end Iranian oil they could do it at any time without firing a single shot or destroying Iranian infrastructure. The US would only have to announce an embargo and any ship in violation will be confiscated. So there are much easier and less costly means of removing oil revenue from Iran. The US has chosen not to do this.
Similarly, the focus on the straight is also more symbolic. Over half of the ships Iran attacked were miles away from the straight in the red sea. Iran doesn't need to control the straight to disrupt oil shipping. They can easily hit ships at sea from much further away. It would only take a couple for shipping lines to halt movement. The US could also announce that they are closing the straight - again, embargo and confiscate any ship that makes passage.
This is all theater. |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 7:40 PM Author: Curious avocado base Some posters think its to secure a bargaining chip to force Iran into a surrender. I don’t know if that’s the goal but I’m interested to see how they plan to land marines there without getting a bunch them killed in transit. This island is tucked way up in the armpit of the gulf and you have to traverse Hormuz to get there by boat. V-22s are a possibility but they only carry 24 Marines so they’d have to make several trips and would be vulnerable to anti aircraft fire. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769049) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 7:41 PM Author: pale trip telephone yeah, Iran will suddenly give up because they "lost" some tiny ass island that they can bomb 24/7 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769052) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 8:44 PM Author: Curious avocado base I’m not defending this as a good strategy but losing Kharg island would be a huge fucking deal for Iran. They export 90% of their oil from there because Iran’s coast is too shallow to port large tankers. So they pump all the oil through underwater pipes 20 miles out to the island which has natural deep water ports that can handle large tankers. It’s also topographically downhill from the mainland so they don’t even have to use pumps since gravity does most of the work. If the US takes control of it, Iran’s entire economy would crumble within months. That alone won’t reopen Hormuz (the only way it reopens is if Iran agrees to stop shooting at ships) but it may give the US leverage to get Iran to agree to stop threatening to shoot at ships. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769255) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 8:50 PM Author: Autistic duck-like windowlicker the symbolic victory of conquering Forbidden Island would be like capturing Stalingrad during Barbarossa (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769270) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 1:01 AM Author: rough-skinned electric reading party lol you’ve been on fire lately (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769773) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 10:42 AM Author: Autistic duck-like windowlicker Kharg Island, like Iwo Jima (8 sq miles) , is approximately 5 sq miles-- and is heavily fortified -- Russia and China have been transmitting state of the art satellite imagery of American reconnaissance-- the kill zone will be clearly defined for a winner take all battle (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770238) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 1:30 AM Author: indigo very tactful piazza coffee pot "Iran’s entire economy would crumble within months."
Describe your prediction for the US economy during this same period. |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 10:42 AM Author: Curious avocado base The US will be fine. Trump’s family will continue making billions from insider trading whether the market goes up or down. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770237) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 10:55 AM Author: stirring scourge upon the earth can we disable it through air power? do we need to have boots on the island? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770267) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 11:15 AM Author: Twinkling psychic You don't even have to disable it. They have to put the oil in a ship and the ship has to pass out of the red sea. You would only have to interdict one boat and nobody will fill up at that island again. I hope they don't bomb and of the oil infrastructure. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770302) |
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Date: April 2nd, 2026 5:14 PM Author: Hairraiser hyperventilating partner US interdicting tankers headed for Europe, Australia, etc is a much worse look than occupying an Iranian island (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49789793) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:09 PM Author: Curious avocado base not an Econ masterman but considering Trump was just forced to lift sanctions on Iranian oil because the supply is so low I don’t think obliterating their oil infrastructure is really an option (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770868) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:57 PM Author: Frozen Stage If you do not know what your next move is going to be, your enemy does not know either.
- Art of War |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:26 PM Author: Racy opaque spot a US leasehold (not takeover for optics) of kharg puts a chokehold on iranian oil and iran the country. if the US controls kharg, it controls iran. it doesnt matter what religious fanatic is running iran and you dont need iran to surrender. it doesnt matter if they plan to enrich their 60% uranium to 90%. you literally control iran and can turn their lights out and let the 90+ million people revolt against whoever is in charge. if whoever is the leader of iran does not want that, they must COMPLY with US demands. nuclear inspections ok? sure here is some money. opening the straight and maybe charging tolls that get split between US and bibi. sure here is some money. do something the US doesnt like? well lights out again and see how that works out and see if the next guy will comply. kharg is a dial for iranian pain that the US can dial up or down based on compliance.
bibi demanded to have a seat in running kharg. europe the idiots that they are, are going to get denied a seat because they refused to help trump. that is what trump meant when he says he will "remember."
this is why the entire island has been completely obliterated but ALL THE OIL INFRASTRUCTURE was left untouched. you only leave something if you want to take it. |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:45 PM Author: Twinkling psychic Why take the island at all? Why risk troops? The oil has to go on a boat. Boats go on the ocean. The US Navy controls the ocean. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770946) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:48 PM Author: Racy opaque spot 90% of iranian oil goes through kharg. 90% of iranian oil does not leave iran unless it is through kharg. control of kharg means compliance of opening the strait up and not shooting ships and mining the water.
another advantage. once US controls iranian oil, it negates the discount iran gives china on oil. china is just going to have to tolerate market prices for oil instead of the discount its been used to, kharg would be a play on chinese oil imports as well, as was venezuela. |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:54 PM Author: Twinkling psychic The island is only the transition point. The oil has to go on a boat and it has to leave the red sea. The US can control Iran oil exports from the Gulf of oman. No need to ever set foot on the island. And it's not like if the US takes the island we get all the oil. Iran would simply turn it off.
The channel islands could be different. I could see taking them by force and solving the territory disputes. Iran could get really fucked by this war.
Nobody talks about it but Iran and China just completed an overland rail route connecting the two countries. It's gone now . |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:56 PM Author: Racy opaque spot 90%.
oil = money.
money = country not turning into more of a shithole than it is. |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:47 PM Author: Tan boyish native Iran was exporting <><><>no oil<><><> during peak sanctions and the regime remained intact, you are overestimating the leverage here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770951) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:51 PM Author: Racy opaque spot iran was always secretly transiting oil to china even during sanctions. and it was willing to trade in yuan. iran NEEDS the money from oil. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770957) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:55 PM Author: Twinkling psychic India got a lot of sanctioned oil as well. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770966) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:56 PM Author: Racy opaque spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770974) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 1:29 AM Author: indigo very tactful piazza coffee pot Can you please give credit to the poster who explained this to xo first? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769781) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 1:28 AM Author: indigo very tactful piazza coffee pot But you love Mr. Trump. Are you not confident that he and our WarSec have thought all of this true? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769780) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 11:13 AM Author: Twinkling psychic Trump goes on and on about his plans...then when someone asks him what his plans are he calls them an idiot for asking a stupid question and only a moron would tell you what our plans are blah blah blah. I think I trust him here maybe marginally more than you. With that said, I think Trump also plants stories as a distraction. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770295) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:28 PM Author: Racy opaque spot never trust anything that comes out of trumps mouth. only watch what he does. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770907) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 7:23 PM Author: Canary odious institution background story Hitler famously didn't send troops to reinforce Normandy because he was convinced it was a distraction from the actual invasion site.
Trump 100% has been blabbing his real intentions on TV for weeks.
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Date: March 25th, 2026 8:48 PM Author: Rebellious irradiated community account office Show some fucking respect. The man would be a bona fide war hero if not for those damn bone spurs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769265) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 8:49 PM Author: Curious avocado base hmm so there’s precedent for a leader with no military strategy background fucking up a war effort through ignorance and hubris? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769268) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 9:17 PM Author: Passionate trailer park yeah they'll be caught off guard by what they told "CNN" about lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769319) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 12:47 AM Author: Hilarious Slate School Cafeteria Fat Ankles Kharg Island could be a feint to draw away resources from another spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769767) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 12:51 AM Author: thriller mewling theater stage rigpig wherever the yankee terrorist scum go they will be DESTROYED by gorgeous persian cock (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49769772) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 10:36 AM Author: Curious avocado base there’s lots of marines who are alive as I type this who will be dead by the end of April. trump could stop it but he won’t (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770227) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 10:52 AM Author: Floppy keepsake machete I am not in favor of this war to begin with, but the idea that the US should be petrified of the Iranian defenses is just silly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770262) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 11:11 AM Author: Curious avocado base (Trump in January) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770289) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 11:16 AM Author: histrionic maize church building sex offender Reality Check: you lost to Afghan goat herders and Vietnamese paddy farmers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770307) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 11:21 AM Author: Twinkling psychic Cr. They would walk right through those islands and the Iranians wouldn't even know what happened. That's the easy part.
Btw I'm seeing more and more articles on how shitty Chinese defense hardware has performed. Not just missing targets etc but just outright not working. |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:27 PM Author: thriller mewling theater stage rigpig rofl how stupid are u furks? same shit as afghanistan or iraq, maybe day 1-3 it seems like a cake walk then thats when shit hits the fan, birdshit
u retards really never learn |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 4:25 PM Author: Floppy keepsake machete That's why I'm not in favor of the war, but it also has nothing to do with the Iranian booby traps and underground soldiers on this island. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49771277) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 2:44 PM Author: Rebellious irradiated community account office It's not too late for Trump to round up the ten million+ illegals in our country, garb them in camo, and mass deport to the shores of Iran. Would be a win for us, their home countries, and Iran (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49770942) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 3:13 PM Author: judgmental legend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49771013) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 3:10 PM Author: Cobalt razzle-dazzle dragon stain Why not cross into Iran overland from the east? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49771000) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 3:12 PM Author: Racy opaque spot do you have any idea how big iran is? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49771006) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 1:21 PM Author: stirring scourge upon the earth 2.5x the size of Texas, with a lot of mountains. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49780789) |
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Date: March 26th, 2026 4:27 PM Author: thriller mewling theater stage rigpig that is what some brillant MAGAshit on X said, just invade from pakistan and hug the coast until u get to hormuz, its only like 400-500km of barren desert, mountains and millions of angry sand nigga iranians. guys in my HS use to traverse baluchistan with no problems, it was NBD (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49771294) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 1:06 PM Author: Curious avocado base (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49780750) |
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Date: April 2nd, 2026 5:08 PM Author: Curious avocado base Looking like tomorrow night’s the night (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49789778) |
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Date: April 2nd, 2026 5:18 PM Author: thriller mewling theater stage rigpig gorgeous iran just dumped fighter jet over Qeshm island, maybe jet was raping island before ground attack (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849773&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5085026#49789800) |