"Iran simultaneously hardened its Hormuz position from a case-by-case toll system to an explicit blanket ban on allied shipping, turning back three container ships. Iranian drones and missiles also struck Kuwait’s port, set off sirens in Bahrain and Qatar. This happened on the same night the G7 was meeting in France to discuss how to end the war."

#Trump #Iran #Tehran #war #Israel #StraitofHormuz
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"The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options even as he weighs peace talks with Tehran, Department of Defense officials with knowledge of the planning said."

~ Costas Paris and Lara Seligman

#Trump #Iran #Tehran #war #military #Marines #troops #Pentagon
/3

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-us-israel-news-updates/card/trump-weighs-sending-another-10-000-ground-troops-to-the-middle-east-v1OhoXwv55BiCg7MAmim

"The force, which would likely include infantry and armored vehicles, would be added to the roughly 5,000 Marines and the thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division who have already been ordered to the region."

#Trump #Iran #Tehran #war #military #Marines #troops #Pentagon
/4

"Trump started this war as entirely a war of choice and largely on impulse, because Venezuela was fun for him and he wanted more."

~ Josh Marshall

#Trump #Iran #war
/5

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-casts-his-drama-of-the-day-spell-while-the-world-moves-on

"Let me tell you something. Watching the president of the United States fall asleep in his chair at a meeting of his cabinet in the White House while the U.S. military is at war in Iran seven thousand miles away was an out of body experience I won’t soon forget."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Iran #war
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/another-day-another-zombie-apocalypse