Sitz was telling me that the whole strait of hormuz problem would be solved by Saudi Arabia's pipeline

Oh well, yet another thing I was right about.

See gentlemen, this is why you don't start wars of aggression with cowardly sneak attacks

you lose the high ground and when you lose the war bad ---- happens.

One wonders why anyone would expect Iran to sit by and take having their oil exports completely shut down.

Completely predictable response.

Now piggy will bomb some ---- in Iran

Iran will hit some ships in the Strait

and on and on

In my lifetime Reagen, Dubya and Piggy have enacted so much devastation on the country I love.

Republicans are truly despicable.

They are destroying our country.

Christ how the world would be different if Gore and Hillary had won.

Admiral Daryl Caudle, the Navy's most senior uniformed officer, said earlier this month that the NSA Bahrain would not resume service "anytime soon" because of the damage it had sustained.

Cao said damage to the base also affected operations involving the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, leaving the crew with "no place for them to pull in".

One wonders why people can't put 2 and 2 together.

the magnitude of our defeat is amazing.

What is the NSA Bahrain?
Until it was heavily damaged, the NSA Bahrain base was home to the US Fifth Fleet and the US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), serving as the Navy's main logistics hub in the Middle East.

The base, located a few kilometres from the capital Manama in Juffair, has been described by US news outlets as the nerve centre of US naval operations.

According to its website, the NSA Bahrain provided "services and support to ships at sea, remote sites throughout the region, and military and civilian personnel living in Bahrain".

Maybe some of the posters who are former military can comment on the loss of a base like this.

Imagine if we lost Pearl Harbor in the PTO during WW2?

What happened to the US base in Jordan?
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had launched "devastating" missile strikes on US forces stationed at the Al-Azraq base, which hosts US military assets and personnel, overnight on Tuesday.

Missiles "struck the maintenance, preparation, and deployment sites of F-35, F-16, and F-15 fighter jets, as well as their shelters, inflicting heavy damage on the enemy", the IRGC said in the statement reported by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

The Jordanian Armed Forces said 18 of 20 missiles had been intercepted, with two falling in "open areas". US forces fired about 30 Patriot interceptor missiles to counter the missiles, amid reports of depleting stockpiles of US air defence interceptors and other missiles.

How important is the Jordanian base to the US?
The Muwaffaq Salti Air Base near Al-Azraq is located nearly 100km (62 miles) northeast of Amman. Its official name is a tribute to a Jordanian fighter pilot, Lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti, who was killed in combat with Israel in 1966 in the Battle of as-Samu.

Its official name is a tribute to a Jordanian fighter pilot, Lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti, who was killed in combat with Israel in 1966 in the Battle of as-Samu.

People should REALLY contemplate the irony of this. We are operating from a base named after a pilot killed while fighting Israel.

While we fight Israel's war.

I wonder how close we are to a full blown WW3

Keep in mind

the Houthis have essentially defeated the Yemen forces (the regime is in the process of collapse)

Yemen has asked the Saudis for aid against the Houthis

The Saudis have asked the US for additional support

Piggy told MBS (you know the bone saw guy) NO air support for you!

The Saudis have like 400 planes

Why are they asking for US support, ie. kinetic strikes?

Could it be the Saudi military sucks dog ----?

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact.

Ummm so Pakistan and Turkey might come in against Iran.

Iran attacks Turkey-NATO country

Brings NATO in

Ummm yeah, WW3 is on the table