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Saturday, March 14, 2026

President Trump said on Friday that the U.S. military conducted one of the most "powerful" bombing raids and totally "obliterated" every military target on Iran's Kharg Island, one of the country's most vital economic outposts.

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... The president said that for "reasons of decency," the U.S. military did not wipe out the oil infrastructure on the island, from which some 90 percent of the nation's oil exports depart.

"However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-14 02:40 AM | Reply

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#2 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-14 02:47 AM | Reply

OK, my first question is along the lines of ...

Last June, Pres Trump said that we had obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities.

Iran's Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated -- and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News (June 2025)
www.whitehouse.gov

Yet, one of the main reasons for Pres Trump's current unprovoked war against Iran is to eliminate the very nuclear capability that he said had been obliterated.

OK, working with that premise ...

When Pres Trump says the US obliterated every military target on Iran's Kharg Island, should we take that statement with a grain of salt, because Pres Trump lies?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-14 02:48 AM | Reply

When Pres Trump says the US obliterated every military target on Iran's Kharg Island, should we take that statement with a grain of salt, because Pres Trump lies?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter

He was either lying when he said we'd destroyed their nuclear enrichment capabilities or he's lying now.

Impossible for both to be true.

#4 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-14 02:57 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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