We're going to have to Bunker Bust the entire Iranian side of the SoH before we can realistically send in the Marines.....

- UF

They're embedded like ticks.

D!

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muddybrazos said:

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Worlds most sophisticated gas processing plant, took 14 years to build

Are we winning yet? https://t.co/DSdKnsHnUO

— Ross Hendricks (@Ross__Hendricks) March 18, 2026

Very cool, I'm glad we let Israel drag us into this war. This will do wonders for energy prices.

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US energy companies are going to make one hell of a lot of money.

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Not anytime soon. Most domestic LNG projects are years behind and over budget. There is very little export capacity online currently. Might help long term, might get a few projects to FID. Will still be years until capacity meaningfully starts to increase.

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Wouldn't the scarcity of competition make funding those budgets realistic? Seems like necessity would fuel the development of capacity.

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Perhaps, if the global supply is disrupted long term many projects that have otherwise stalled will probably move forward. But it will not be a this year or likely even this decade thing for many to be online.

Look up Golden Pass LNG (which is 70% owned by Qatar). That project and the paperwork for it began a decade ago. Construction began in 2019, has been delayed several times and is pretty healthily over its original budget (currently at around $10 billion as I understand). It just got FERC approval to start its first train (there will eventually be 3 total) so they should hopefully be ready to start lifting to ships in the next few weeks/months.

There simply isn't a tap that the US can turn on to make up production losses elsewhere in the world. Certainly not on LNG. That capability is years away at best.

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We're going to have to Bunker Bust the entire Iranian side of the SoH before we can realistically send in the Marines.....

- UF

They're embedded like ticks.

D!

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There are reasons this has not been tried before, as much as this Board liked to dis former Govts and electeds they actually did their jobs very well. They knew the difference between leading Nation States and Businesses. It took a very special idiot SecDef and Staff working for a Narcissistic businessman to get us in this mess. A perfect storm.

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Any time there is an event like that it seems reasonable to expect an investigation.

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The staff was saying the ship needed to get repairs after Venezuela. So idiot SecDef sends her straight to the middle east, war ethos.

This is the reason I got out. Blue chord, Infantry is enough, huah! crap. Guys like Hegswoth chased a lot of good soldiers out with this ***** Those maintenance paper pushers know nothing, who needs maintenance cycles, not real men.... Remfs requiring that we spent our time on maintenance? What do they know! We can do more pull ups. Can you do them in the smoke? Logistics matter...

Hegseth: "My 13 year old son popped into my office last night while I was editing these remarks. He asked about the war and the families I met at Dover. I looked at him and said, 'They died for you, son. So your generation doesn't have to deal with a nuclear Iran.'" pic.twitter.com/rXOvG47cto

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 19, 2026

FLBear5630 said:

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We're going to have to Bunker Bust the entire Iranian side of the SoH before we can realistically send in the Marines.....

- UF

They're embedded like ticks.

D!

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There are reasons this has not been tried before, as much as this Board liked to dis former Govts and electeds they actually did their jobs very well. They knew the difference between leading Nation States and Businesses. It took a very special idiot SecDef and Staff working for a Narcissistic businessman to get us in this mess. A perfect storm.

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there's ample other N/W pipelines for Oil.....

- UF

The LNG will be a problem.

and S - UAE and Qatar along w/ Iran are among the largest exporters.

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Hegseth: "My 13 year old son popped into my office last night while I was editing these remarks. He asked about the war and the families I met at Dover. I looked at him and said, 'They died for you, son. So your generation doesn't have to deal with a nuclear Iran.'" pic.twitter.com/rXOvG47cto

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 19, 2026

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President Trump shares a photo of rare Trump-branded sneakers being listed for $180,000 at Sneaker Con in Saudi Arabia pic.twitter.com/5Eapr0rbx7

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 19, 2026

Welcome to the Days of Eeyore.

Taking Iran from the hate-fueled tyranny of the Mullahs into a nation ruled by rational humans was always going to a difficult process. The value of doing so should be obvious.

Yet while we are still in the first month of the conflict, there is a chorus from whiners that we are losing and cannot win.

What utter cowardice.

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Hegseth: "My 13 year old son popped into my office last night while I was editing these remarks. He asked about the war and the families I met at Dover. I looked at him and said, 'They died for you, son. So your generation doesn't have to deal with a nuclear Iran.'" pic.twitter.com/rXOvG47cto

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 19, 2026

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Ok Pete, tell us some more stuff that never happened.

Reporter: Why didn't you tell allies about the war before attacking Iran?

Trump: We wanted it to be a surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor? pic.twitter.com/BJWiVoeH38

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 19, 2026

Cash Dubai crude (balance of the month) just broke above $170 per barrel.

To my knowledge, no crude has ever commanded more than $170/bbl before. pic.twitter.com/BH6q3LGqCs

— Rory Johnston (@Rory_Johnston) March 19, 2026

Trump: Everything was going great. The economy was great. I hate to make this excursion, but we're going to have to do it. And I actually thought the numbers would be worse. I thought that it would go up more than it did. 

So I wanted to put out that fire and I said, you know,… pic.twitter.com/9FZTRz1xax

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 19, 2026

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Cash Dubai crude (balance of the month) just broke above $170 per barrel.

To my knowledge, no crude has ever commanded more than $170/bbl before. pic.twitter.com/BH6q3LGqCs

— Rory Johnston (@Rory_Johnston) March 19, 2026

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Crap, im driving to Florida tomorrow so I guess this is gonna be like a hurricane type situation where you gas up everyday just in case.

Pete Hegseth on reports that the Pentagon has requested an additional $200 billion to sustain the Iran war:

"It takes it takes money to kill bad guys... We're also still dealing with the environment Joe Biden created which was depleting our stockholds." pic.twitter.com/vUCFt2TPfz

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) March 19, 2026

BREAKING: UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan issue a joint statement expressing their “readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts” to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while welcoming countries undertaking preparations, coordinating…

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 19, 2026

American Conservative co-founder Pat Buchanan has been saying it for years:

"The Congress of the United States is Israeli-occupied territory." pic.twitter.com/Sd8DIgV96d https://t.co/wpK0kBeFbH

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) March 18, 2026

Qatar Gas CEO says: We incurred a $20 billion loss at the facility we built for $26 billion two years ago

— The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) March 19, 2026

Trump: "Some of this weaponry is unthinkable. You don't even want to know about it. Oh, you could end this thing in two seconds if you wanted to." pic.twitter.com/aIPk7z1idz

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 19, 2026

Oldbear83 said:

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Welcome to the Days of Eeyore.

Taking Iran from the hate-fueled tyranny of the Mullahs into a nation ruled by rational humans was always going to a difficult process. The value of doing so should be obvious.

Yet while we are still in the first month of the conflict, there is a chorus from whiners that we are losing and cannot win.

What utter cowardice.

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The value proposition is far from obvious at this point.

https://t.co/9zwDs1U5Zi

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) March 19, 2026

Your pro-mullah vote is noted.

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Your pro-mullah vote is noted.

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While you were typing that... was there any thought like "man, this is going to make me look really stupid... I probably shouldnt post this..." ?

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BREAKING: UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan issue a joint statement expressing their “readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts” to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while welcoming countries undertaking preparations, coordinating…

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 19, 2026

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That didn't take long.

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Your pro-mullah vote is noted.

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While you were typing that... was there any thought like "man, this is going to make me look really stupid... I probably shouldnt post this..." ?

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Sounds more like something you should have said to yourself.

I stand with Christ and America. You stand, well, somewhere else, based on your posts.

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Your pro-mullah vote is noted.

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While you were typing that... was there any thought like "man, this is going to make me look really stupid... I probably shouldnt post this..." ?

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Sounds more like something you should have said to yourself.

I stand with Christ and America. You stand, well, somewhere else, based on your posts.

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You sure about that?

NOW - Netanyahu: "Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan. Because if you are strong enough, ruthless enough, powerful enough, evil will overcome good." pic.twitter.com/YkCiC65Skl

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 19, 2026

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Kent did this correctly. If your boss is going in directions you can't support and won't listen to your advice, you resign. You don't resist and undermine like the embedded democrats do.

He's setting himself up for some good talk show money if he choses to go that route.

The conflict drags on. Trump desperately needs oil flow to continue through the straight for political reasons. I'm wondering why we don't escort ships through. I suspect it's currently too risky for our very expensive naval ships. Even if Japan was to mobilize their navy (which is probably modest) how long would it take to get there?

Iran is like if we are going down, we are going to make everyone feel the pain. Is droning the Gulf countries igoing to backfire? We will see.

This is going to really strain relations within NATO and the Ukraine war. Next time Ukraine comes with its hand out, I suspect Trump is going to send them to Europe and rightfully so.

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The US economy has its own oil reserves.

Japan, India , China and most of Europe are the ones that need access through the Straits the most.

Past time to bomb Iranian oil facilities.

It's the obvious target.

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Squeezing out Iranian supply squeezes everyone's supply, and thus price inflation.

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Good grief......it s real ****ing war we are dealing with.

The goal is regime change otherwise these mullah's are going to just keep up their crap.

Bomb the Iranian oil fields and the locals will demand a new government when they begin to go hungry.

Really think the United States gave a **** about price inflaction when we were sinking the huge Japanese oil tanker fleet ?

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When the boots hit the ground is when the war becomes really real. Perhaps understanding it isn't oil keeping them in power would be a good perspective for you. This is a nation that has spent decades under economic hardship. They are beholden to an ideology, and our Israeli bilateral war with them confirms to many their Friday prayer chants. You'd serve the purpose of regime change more by carpet bombing Tehran and Qom than taking out oil facilities. There's no appetite for such brutality, so if you just want to aggravate the global economic situation thus putting more pressure on the US to pull out, then sure, take out their oil infrastructure.

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The goal is regime change.

Thankfully Israel is killing an unprecedented number of Iranian political and military leaders. The US has destroyed the Iranians air force and navy.

If this does not produce regime change immediately…..time to increase the pressure.

Privation of an enemies population always works.

Fire bombing civilian populations.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Naval blockades.

The US has a long history of applying such tactics…. because they work. Destruction of Iranian oil facilities will shock the entire Iranian population and make them realize they have lost the war and regime change is necessary.

By the way……war is always brutal……the lack of a draft has insulated 90% of Americans from that bloody reality.

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Such tactics almost never work and usually have the opposite effect. That's one reason the US now has a long history of losing wars.

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The US has a long history of winning wars……dumbass.

Although the US does have a habit of ****ing up the following peace terms.

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We win battles, not so much wars.

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No, we win wars. We just don't always win the peace.

barBEARian: " You sure about that?"

Of course. Not least because I am able to tell the difference between my Lord Jesus Christ, the United States of America, an Israeli politician and the government of Israel.

You seem to be struggling there.

Raju: If there are U.S. ground troops in Iran, should the administration go to Congress for approval?

Speaker Mike Johnson: “If we're completing the mission, and it's a limited scope, then that's not a declaration of war.” pic.twitter.com/tax4aUowTD

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) March 19, 2026

How incompetent is the French military?

A sailor on Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier just revealed its location by using a fitness tracker (Strava) while jogging on the ship's deck 🤣

Source: Le Monde pic.twitter.com/uP9vuYeWDl

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) March 19, 2026

BREAKING: The new Iranian Basij commander who received the position yesterday was killed today.

— World Source News (@Worldsource24) March 19, 2026

BREAKING: The S&P 500 erases losses and turns green as US oil prices fall below $93/barrel. pic.twitter.com/RBLEGmUJFX

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 19, 2026

boognish_bear said:

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BREAKING: The new Iranian Basij commander who received the position yesterday was killed today.

— World Source News (@Worldsource24) March 19, 2026

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That is incredible.

Israel has somehow developed real time intelligence on the entire command structure of the Iranian leadership.

This continued slaughter of Iranian generals has to be causing a severe impact on Iranian military coordination and morale .

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just saw where BroWar-lil Petey said gonna be at least $200B. It takes a lot of $ to kill bad guys, per lil Petey. Glad we can afford $200B. Howdy deficit.

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Are you starting to understand why I got so pissed off about paying high taxes?... and the very idea I should have to pay even more?

With the amount of money this government wastes ... I am amazed there hasn't been another revolution already.

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I think we all have issues with high taxes with waste like this. This is an Own Goal and 100% on Piggy. I don't mind paying taxes as the country has afforded me opportunity. Taxes need to be fair and shut down the loopholes. Trust me , I'm the king of the loophole.