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tetedur

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3. The US could take the export hub, but the oil being pumped to Kharg Island will be cut off on the mainland.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 06:55 AM

16 hrs ago

Malcolm Nance said the soldiers can seize the island, have their photo op and then they will have to get back on their helicopters and leave. There will be nothing to "take". At that point no country will have any oil from Iran. Does anyone think China might have something to say about that situation?