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The US is sending 2,500 Marines and their amphibious assault ship from waters near Taiwan to Iran. A Chinese intelligence firm is tracking movement and posting their locations to social media. (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I highly doubt the US military would funnel an invasion force through the strait.

Your talking about people who were stupid enough to start a war with Iran, so steaming full bore into a meat grinder would seem par for the course. Trump probably figures if USans see their sailor boys getting massacred, they'll suddenly rally in support.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Trump might be a raving lunatic, but his generals still call the shots with logistics and deployments, and I highly doubt a trained officer would be stupid enough to authorize a convoy steam full bore through the strait.

Even a blind sycophant knows that would sink their entire career.

His general staff would probably wave a few buzzwords praising trump in a shiny PowerPoint briefing with lots of pictures to distract the dumbass, and trump would nod along and agree.