US Launches New Strikes on Iran
The US military says it has launched new strikes on southern Iran, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines.
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US strikes Iran missile sites and mine laying vessels as Trump's promised peace deal remains elusive[image or embed]" The Guardian (@theguardian.com) 12:00 AM May 26, 2026
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That's the problem with launching strikes on Iran. Twenty minutes later, you're hungry again.
#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-26 10:23 AM | Reply | Funny: 3
Likely Trump is ordering air strikes out of mere emotional petulance.
We're just lucky he's not bombing San Francisco.
#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-26 10:25 AM | Reply
Didn't fatso say the peace deal was 95% done?
#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-26 10:32 AM | Reply
Mess with the bull and you get the horns.
#4 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-05-26 10:33 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
Mess with the bull and you get the horns. #4 | Posted by visitor_
The global petroleum market and the US consumers bank accounts have certainly received the horns from Iran.
#5 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-05-26 10:37 AM | Reply
Welllllllll... ya knowwwaaahhh... he's backed into a corner now... so he is TACOing... whichever way the wind is blowing... today's its us... Tomorrow it's Nuttywahoo... the next day Putz... Xi... Ahmadinejad... anyone who puts a finger up his assets.
#6 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-05-26 10:48 AM | Reply
All you have to do is check the Trumpy oil stock trades..
When Trumpy places his bets on oil prices prices you will know exactly what's coming.
Mysterious Oil Trades: Moments before Trump's March 2026 Truth Social posts and CBS interviews about postponing strikes or holding productive ceasefire talks, massive bets were placed on a plunge in oil prices. This allowed traders to make immediate, lucrative payouts on the sudden crash.
www.newyorker.com
#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-26 11:09 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
... places his bets on oil prices RISING you will know exactly what's coming.
#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-26 11:10 AM | Reply
Wonder who put all their money on oil prices going through the roof?
#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-26 11:16 AM | Reply
Sure, I remember when morons like you said oil prices would go to $200/barrel when this conflict started, has it gone over $100? I'm sure when Trump was elected you said the stock market would tank as well. Leave predictions up to adults.
#10 | Posted by fishpaw at 2026-05-26 11:23 AM | Reply
#10 | Posted by fishpaw
"I remember when morons like you said oil prices would go to $200/barrel when this conflict started"
No one said that.
"has it gone over $100?"
Yes. It's been up to $120.
"I'm sure when Trump was elected you said the stock market would tank as well."
That actually happened. Wall Street came back but main street is getting worse and worse.
Facts don't care about your feelings.
#11 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-05-26 11:29 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
Trumpy is successfully manipulating the prices of oil. Make oil prices go too high and the profits drop. Gotta stay in the "sweet spot". And then make well timed trades. Based on the knowledge of when you will or will not attack. These trades, often involving massive short positions, occurred just hours before Trump made surprise public pivots"such as postponing a planned attack"yielding millions in profits for unknown entities.
But no worries Fishpoo.. $100 oil is "a price worth paying!"
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is currently investigating between $800 million and $1 billion in "suspiciously well-timed" oil trades.
#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-26 11:35 AM | Reply
LMAO!
The climate change folks want their $CHEAP$ Oil back!!!!
#13 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-26 11:43 AM | Reply
@34 ... Mess with the bull and you get the horns. ...
Not a bull, but more like a cornered animal.
#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-26 11:46 AM | Reply
Imagine Republicans starting a third war for oil in your lifetime.
#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-26 11:47 AM | Reply
@#13 ... The climate change folks want their $CHEAP$ Oil back!!!! ...
Nope. The climate change folk want Pres Trump to stop attacking and killing renewable energy sources.
Those actions by Pres Trump have effectively given Big Oil a monopoly on energy, and Pres Trump is helping Big Oil generate massive profits due to the price of oil.
#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-26 11:49 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-26 11:47 AM | Reply | Flag:
Imagine being so uninformed that you'd think the only reasons we went to war in the Middle East was for oil.
#17 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-26 11:56 AM | Reply
"Democrats love war! I'm voting for Trump because he's a peace loving president!" -LftHndTurds
"I love Trump's war!" -LftHndTurds
The only thing consistent about you is your fealty to Trump.
#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-26 12:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
#17 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Exactly. It was also because Israel owns Trump and Republicans are very stupid.
#19 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-05-26 12:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
Imagine Republicans starting a third war for oil in your lifetime. #15 | Posted by snoofy
Imagine being so uninformed that you'd think the only reasons we went to war in the Middle East was for oil. #17 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS
Oil?
What oil? The tankers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz?
Trump attacked Iran because Netanyahu told him to.
Trump is a bitch and everyone knows it.
The MAGA clan are a bunch of stupid bitches.
#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-26 12:03 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
"I remember when morons like you said oil prices would go to $200/barrel when this conflict started" No one said that. "has it gone over $100?" Yes. It's been up to $120. "I'm sure when Trump was elected you said the stock market would tank as well." That actually happened. Wall Street came back but main street is getting worse and worse. Facts don't care about your feelings.
#11 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-05-26 11:29 AM | Reply | Flag: (Choose)
Liberals sure did, just like they said we were going into hyper inflation after the tariffs kicked in. I don't know what you will do with yourselves if a deal actually gets worked out with Iran and we have peace in the middle east. I'm sure you will be cheering for it to blow up.
#21 | Posted by fishpaw at 2026-05-26 12:04 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
What oil? The tankers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz? Trump attacked Iran because Netanyahu told him to. Trump is a bitch and everyone knows it. The MAGA clan are a bunch of stupid bitches.
#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-26 12:03 PM | Reply | Flag:
Speaking of bitches, the love of your life Hillary, when running for Potus, said if she won she would invade Iran and you cheered like the little pussy you are. What changed? Don't even bother responding. When she cried after losing that she let down all the little girls that inspired to be president she was talking about you.
#22 | Posted by fishpaw at 2026-05-26 12:10 PM | Reply | Funny: 3
I don't know what you will do with yourselves if a deal actually gets worked out with Iran and we have peace in the middle east.
Don't think you'll ever have to worry about that my very strange friend. Not while our Mr Toad is on his Wild Ride (ver 2.0) anyway.
Good thing that most things we worry about never happen anyway.
#23 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-26 12:13 PM | Reply
Hillary, when running for Potus, said if she won she would invade Iran and you cheered ...
And then we all voted for Obama who promised a better way.
Also Hillary responded to questions that she would only attack Iran under specific circumstances. You conveniently left that part out. As usual.
#24 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-26 12:17 PM | Reply
the love of your life Hillary, #22 | POSTED BY FISHPEDO
Hillary?
Hilarious.
Defending pedophile Trump has turned your brain to mush.
I never supported Hillary or Harris.
I had a suspicion Hillary wouldn't beat Trump.
I knew Harris would lose. (It's actually remarkable how well she did.)
Keep defending pedophile Trump destroying America like your life depends on it!
It's the hill you and millions of Americans have chosen to die on.
Unfortunately you're killing America in the process.
#25 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-26 12:18 PM | Reply
"Hillary, when running for Potus, said if she won she would invade Iran"
There weren't any conditions. Just straight up, "Vote for me and I'll invade Iran." You actually think Hillary Clinton said that.
#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-26 12:22 PM | Reply
#21 | Posted by fishpaw
If the deal is not better than the one Obama had in place and Trump destroyed how can you call it a win? Trump supporters would literally cut off their nose to spite their face the first time trump asked them to.
#27 | Posted by justagirl_idaho at 2026-05-26 12:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
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#28 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-26 12:23 PM | Reply
I don't know what you will do with yourselves if a deal actually gets worked out with Iran and we have peace in the middle east. #21 | Posted by fishpaw
There wouldn't be peace, though, because Israel would still be ethnic cleansing Eretz Yisrael, as they have been doing since 1948.
I don't think you are capable of condemimg that ongoing war.
#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-26 12:25 PM | Reply
#19 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT
Seriously.. and don't forget its main purposes ... Operation Epstein Distraction and lining the pockets of Trumpy allies with oodles of taxpayer money.
#30 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-26 12:26 PM | Reply
Mess with the bull and you get the horns. #4 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-05-26 10:33 AMFlag: | Funny: 1
Agreed. The United States is using peace talks as a ruse.
Scott Jennings claim that the "deal" is 95% done.. aside from the uranium and Hormuz.
The crime regime of Israel are launching missiles from inside of Iran.
Release the Epstein files..
#31 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-05-26 12:29 PM | Reply
Way past time for Congress to do it's f-ing job. Between the religious fanatics hoping for Armageddon and AIPAC $$, the tail is definitely wagging the dog.
#32 | Posted by morris at 2026-05-26 12:34 PM | Reply
just like they said we were going into hyper inflation after the tariffs kicked in..
The tariffs that were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court?
Those illegal tariffs? How did that work out? Not so well for Trumpy. So them crazy radical liberals were right on point and the supremes agreed!
The Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 that President Trump's sweeping tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were unlawful, forcing the termination of the duties and requiring the federal government to refund over $160 billion dollars to importers, plus interest.
#33 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-26 12:40 PM | Reply
@#21 ... I don't know what you will do with yourselves if a deal actually gets worked out with Iran and we have peace in the middle east. ...
Will the possible peace be better or worse than the one that Pres Trump tore up?
Will the Strait of Hormuz be fully reopened? (notice I said "reopened," because the Strait of Hormuz had been fully open before Pres Trump's Iran war.)
#34 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-26 12:45 PM | Reply
#10
Brent crude was over $100 per barrel for March and April. $103 average for March, $117 average for April.
www.eia.gov
Dow Jones is up 6.43% the last 6 months. Same time period in 2024 it was up 10.36%.
www.google.com
#35 | Posted by El_Buscador at 2026-05-26 12:49 PM | Reply
#17
"It was a complete obliteration," Trump said of the Saturday strike in Iran. Trump, flanked by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, said that Iran's nuclear ambitions were set back "decades."
"I don't think they'll ever do it again. ... I think they've had it," Trump said. "I mean, they just went through hell. I think they've had it. The last thing they want to do is enrich.
www.legion.org
That was June 2025.
#36 | Posted by El_Buscador at 2026-05-26 01:00 PM | Reply
Did the necrotic orange chomo target Iranian schoolgirls again?
#37 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-05-26 01:25 PM | Reply
"The U.S. Navy has resumed escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz under a renewed "Project Freedom" mission. A Greek supertanker carrying two million barrels of crude was recently guided through the route after being stranded in the Gulf since March. The Navy is expected to assist about a dozen more vessels, including tankers and container ships, in the coming days. Source: WSJ"
"CENTCOM: Recent media reporting claims that the U.S. Navy has restarted escorting or assisting commercial vessels during transits through the Strait of Hormuz. FALSE. TRUTH: Project Freedom has not resumed, and U.S. forces are not currently escorting commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz"
"Live metrics show a partial restoration to internet connectivity in Iran on day 88, after 2093 hours of near-total isolation from international networks, the longest nationwide internet shutdown in modern history. It is unclear if the restoration will be sustained"
#38 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-05-26 01:37 PM | Reply
Who the fuck took over CENTCOM's twitter account? ffs.
#39 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-05-26 01:38 PM | Reply
Will the Strait of Hormuz be fully reopened?
I wonder how that can even happen. Would anyone believe Iran if they said it was open? No one believes Lewzer when he says it.
What if some Iranian missile shooting unit disagrees? They seem to be pretty independent from any central command structure, by design.
#40 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-26 01:38 PM | Reply
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