The Only Thing Prohibiting Transit in the Straits Right now is the War Trump Started.
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this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2026
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"The only thing prohibiting access to the backyard is the hornets nest we kicked"
If only there was some way of predicting this would happen, we wouldn't have done this! ;p
It's almost as if they'd waited until... congress... had... authorised... the war, they wouldn't be left holding the bag by themselves.
Didn't anyone in Trump's cabinet think that perhaps Iran would have used the Strait of Hormuz as a strategic tool? Or care to listen to the guy who did?
The only thing preventing me from marrying that girl is that she shoots at me whenever I approach.
What you need is an armed escort. In a month. Then she’ll be all yours!
Once you get through enough armed escorts that there is a pile of bodies to hide behind, she'll be all yours!
Didn't you kill that girl's dad a few days ago?
The old man had it coming, he was a real piece of shit. I'm not sure what she's not understanding, I think she's got some real mental problems. I just worry about her, you know?
Well, he's a quicker learner than I thought he'd be.
It doesn't quite get to the root cause, though, does it?
The only thing preventing Hegseth from being a genius is the fact he is an idiot.
Macron also said they won't send war ships because they might get shot at.
Only that. Huh.
Uhhhhh
We attacked Florida and demanded that they don't cut off traffic to Alabama through the Gulf of Mexico. Except it isn't nearly that wide, it's 35x smaller
I mean. We should probably build a wall around Florida.
Republican goobers like catchy names. We could call it “America’s Cock Ring.”
build a wall around Florida.
"So that wall is to keep it the hurricanes?"
"It's for when the climate change causes shrinkage!" (to keep the swamp trolls out. when their swamps become lagoons)
You'd be surprised how popular that would be both in context and out.
Saving this thread so I can show it when any conservatives try to defend this administration.
"The only thing preventing me from being competent is the fact that I am a moron"
Edit: The
No shit, Sherlock!