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    The foolish escalation

    Started by K-Dog Mar 18, 2026, 03:43 PM

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    Mar 18, 2026, 03:43 PM

    EDITION.CNN.COM • 2026-03-18

    US warship believed to be carrying additional Marines to Middle East tracked off Singap...

    A US Navy warship believed to be carrying Marines and sailors to the Middle East is nearing the Malacca Strait off Singapore as it makes its way to the region.


    1915 Dardanelles Campaign

    In the Dardanelles, the British and French believed they could force the strait with naval power alone. They were stymied by a "layered defense": mines blocked the water, and mobile howitzers on cliffs prevented minesweepers from eliminating mines.

    After failing to force the passage, the Allies were forced into an "ignominious" withdrawal in 1916 after suffering 250,000 casualties.


                                                                                                                   
    Feature1915 Dardanelles2026 Hormuz/Iran
    Tactical ObstacleMines & Cliff-top HowitzersSmart Mines & Anti-Ship Missiles
    Strategic GoalKnock Ottoman Empire out of WWINeutralize Iranian Nuclear/Military Power
    OutcomeHigh casualties, eventual withdrawalOngoing; Oil $120+; Global supply shock


    OMANOBSERVER.OM • 2026-03-18

    Americas friends must help extricate it from the war

    The effects of this retaliation are felt most acutely on the southern side of the Gulf, where Arab countries that had placed their trust in American security co-operation now experience that co-operation as an acute vulnerability, threatening their present security and future prosperity.


    PARSTODAY.IR • 2026-03-18

    Funeral procession held for heroes of Dena Ship, Ali Larijani, and General Gholamreza Soleimani

    A mourning ceremony was held for the bodies from the "Dena Ship," the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Basij Organization.  The funeral procession for 84 personnel from the Dena destroyer, Ali Larijani, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and General Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Basij Organization, was held in Tehran's Enqelab Square.  With a massive presence  of the people.


    This is Iranian state news.


    PARSTODAY.IR • 2026-03-18

    Missiles hit over 100 targets without difficulty in wave 61 of Operation True Promise 4

    "Tel Aviv," the center of the criminal Zionist regime's malice, was bombarded in wave 61 of Operation True Promise 4 with Kheybar Shekan, Emad, Qadr (multi-warhead), and "Khorramshahr 4" (multi-warhead) missiles, under the code-name "Ya Aba Abdellah al-Hussein (AS)," in retaliation for the blood of Martyr Dr. Ali Larijani and his companions.


    It is hard for me to find information about what is going on in Iranian Society.  I suspect they are galvanized like Americans were after Pearl Harbor.


    https://chasingthesquirrel.com/public/podcast/dayofinfamyspeech.mp3Again an empire attacked.  And America has a Hirohito.

    From Gibbon :


    Quote"The irresolute emperor, instead of breaking through the toils of the enemy, expected his fate with patient resignation; and accepted the humiliating conditions of peace, which it was no longer in his power to refuse.

    The five provinces beyond the Tigris... were restored to the Persian monarchy. He acquired, by a single article, the impregnable city of Nisibis; which had sustained, in three successive sieges, the effort of his arms...

    The spirit of the Romans was subdued by the edge of famine rather than by the sword of the Barbarians."


    TASNIMNEWS.IR • 2026-03-18

    Foolish Trump Begging for Help in War: Iran’s Top Judge

    Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei highlighted the defeat of the United States and Israeli regime in their military campaign against Iran, saying the silly president of the US is imploring other countries to deploy naval ships to Hormuz Strait.



    TASNIMNEWS.IR • 2026-03-18

    IRGC Warns People to Stay Away from Oil Facilities in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar

    In a statement released on Wednesday, the IRGC warned the Saudi, Emirati and Qatari citizens and residents to keep clear of the following locations:

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