US: "We're going to sanction Iran"
Iran: [Puts down Uno Reverse card]
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2026
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Their chess game is superior in every way.
Persia had a strong influence on the development of Chess so not really a surprise.
beware the elephantes in the corners of the board
USA plays checkers so that's not hard.
Trump specifically plays tic-tac-toe.
Tic-Tac-Toe is a solved game, but Trump doesn't know the solution.
The US has allies? I thought they what on all of their alli......ooohhhh. the UK. 🤮
Iran is really geopoliticking circles around us. It's already never been smarter or easier to distance yourself from the US at this point. Iran saying "raise your hand if you want to admit you aren't a US ally anymore and your power grid wont collapse" i a pretty great angle.
Wait, you can’t sanction us. We’re sanctioning you!
Art Of The Deal
Right, conservatives?
America and Israel thought they were going to kick the little kid on the schoolyard and instead what they did was open Pandora's Box - once you push Iran past the point were they would "do the thing that fucks everybody else", they're not going to just back down.
But can we still kick out the US and Israeli embassies? Please?
Not sure if the water mines they placed will know which ship is which
Well since ships bound to China were travelling through it since the start of war in bigger numbers than even before it's fair to say that it was another US lie.
The US could totally be lying but if I were mining a strait I would do it such that passage is still possible but only by exposing the ship to shore fire
The US lying?! Shocked! Shocked and hurt I tell you!
Do you have a source on that?
- Iran ships millions of oil barrels to China via Hormuz amid war
- [In humiliation for US, Iran sending oil to China through Hormuz(https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260312-in-humiliation-for-us-iran-sending-oil-to-china-through-hormuz/)
- Iranian oil flows through Strait of Hormuz even as Gulf neighbors' exports shut
Cheers, looks slowed but still moving, nice