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***Breaking News*** Iran Says Strait Is Still Closed (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth 6 hrs ago OP
I'm shocked! StarryNite 6 hrs ago #1
Well of course it is. mwmisses4289 6 hrs ago #2
When none of the leaders are credible, peace is hard EdmondDantes_ 6 hrs ago #7
Bibi isn't going to stop until he wipes Iran off the face of the earth, gab13by13 6 hrs ago #8
Oh NO!!!!! MizLibby 6 hrs ago #3
I'm tired of winning. Nt BootinUp 6 hrs ago #4
They were serious about Israel bombing Lebanon leftstreet 6 hrs ago #5
Not satisfied with annexing Lebanon to the Litani River, the Israeli state apparatus Prairie Gates 5 hrs ago #14
They annexed the Golan Heights. LeftInTX 5 hrs ago #16
Probably not much longer leftstreet 5 hrs ago #18
This morning I got a moonscape 5 hrs ago #21
. dalton99a 6 hrs ago #6
Is everyone gaming the stock market here or what GusBob 6 hrs ago #9
Yeah, traders must be loving this awesomerwb1 5 hrs ago #15
It's ok. Just some Persian humor. Sneederbunk 6 hrs ago #10
Iranian drones also reportedly struck rollin74 6 hrs ago #11
Sad, but I see the logic. Baitball Blogger 5 hrs ago #12
Ship operators ran out of dimes. usonian 5 hrs ago #13
LOL LeftInTX 5 hrs ago #17
I never intend to make light of a horrendous situation BUT usonian 5 hrs ago #19
lol didn't even last one Scaramucci. BannonsLiver 5 hrs ago #20

mwmisses4289

(4,260 posts)
2. Well of course it is.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:20 AM
6 hrs ago

Netanyahu didn't agree to the cease fire, doesn't seem to believe he has to, and is still bombing Lebanon, Iran, and Gaza.

EdmondDantes_

(1,832 posts)
7. When none of the leaders are credible, peace is hard
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:31 AM
6 hrs ago

It's sad that Trump's ego and need to claim he's a peace maker is our best hope to get Netanyahu to stop.

gab13by13

(32,410 posts)
8. Bibi isn't going to stop until he wipes Iran off the face of the earth,
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:36 AM
6 hrs ago

annexes Gaza, the West Bank, and southern Lebanon.

Prairie Gates

(8,229 posts)
14. Not satisfied with annexing Lebanon to the Litani River, the Israeli state apparatus
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:25 PM
5 hrs ago

now wants to annex Lebanon to the Zahrani River.

They truly are unbelievable. How much longer are we going to support this expansionary invasion?

LeftInTX

(34,391 posts)
16. They annexed the Golan Heights.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:39 PM
5 hrs ago

My grandmother stayed there temporarily. My great grandfather wrote a book in the 1950's and said, "They were in the Golan when my daughter was picking what she thought was tomato and ate it".

Long story short, it turned out to be deadly nightshade and my grandmother saved her younger sister's life. My great grandfather simply called it "Golan". All of this happened circa 1916-1922 when they were in Syria.

moonscape

(5,750 posts)
21. This morning I got a
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:51 PM
5 hrs ago

photo from a friend’s family's home (he isn’t there, emigrated) in Central Beirut, and an enormous black plume from bombing and looks just a couple of blocks away.

War is so sanitized for us.

dalton99a

(94,353 posts)
6. .
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:27 AM
6 hrs ago
Iran has halted the passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz over Israel’s strikes in Lebanon, the Fars news agency reports.

Fars reports that two oil tankers were allowed to pass through the strait this morning after the ceasefire between Iran and the US took effect.

“Simultaneous with Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, the passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz has been stopped,” the agency reports.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-halts-hormuz-traffic-over-israeli-strikes-in-lebanon-iranian-media-says/

awesomerwb1

(5,107 posts)
15. Yeah, traders must be loving this
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:38 PM
5 hrs ago

Make money on the way up, and then make money on the way down too.

usonian

(25,556 posts)
19. I never intend to make light of a horrendous situation BUT
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:47 PM
5 hrs ago

Movies imitate life, and life imitates movies.

Ain't got no petards enough
To hoist these bastards high enough

This might do, though



Stick it to 'em.

BannonsLiver

(20,640 posts)
20. lol didn't even last one Scaramucci.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:49 PM
5 hrs ago

Donnie can’t stop stepping on rakes and I’m here for it.

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