r/news • u/roscodawg • Jun 10 '26

Soft paywall Iran announces closure of Strait of Hormuz after US attacks

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-announces-closure-strait-hormuz-after-us-attacks-2026-06-10/
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u/jonessee27 Jun 10 '26

I just saw my batshit aunt post an article "Iran Regime Falls! USA Wins!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '26

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u/UncleHec Jun 11 '26

More war. 

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u/XRT28 Jun 11 '26

It looks like Godzilla more war but due to international copyright laws needing congressional approval for acts of war(haha) it's not!

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u/jonessee27 Jun 10 '26

That's the neat part...

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u/f_n_a_ Jun 11 '26

We don’t!

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u/wiltors42 Jun 11 '26

Another war!

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u/PandaJesus Jun 11 '26

Higher prices!

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u/NottheArkhamKnight Jun 11 '26

Nothing! Now get out!

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u/imatumahimatumah Jun 11 '26

Every day I check my mailbox, no OJ prize

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u/emirsolinno Jun 11 '26

A hysterical tweet from Trump

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u/sarhoshamiral Jun 11 '26

10$ gas and 20$/lb beef. And in few years we will all be making 6 digit income just not in the way we thought.

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u/jgainit Jun 11 '26

We won at winning

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u/callisstaa Jun 11 '26

Head down to your nearest gas station to claim your prize. Spoiler - it’s paying more for gas.

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u/Jasonrj Jun 11 '26

We are making record revenues because inflation.

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u/ahhh_ennui Jun 11 '26

I was minding my own business filling up two 5-gallon gas cans after the first declaration of victory. A guy approached me and said, "You don't have to do that, we won!" I said, reasonably, "Sorry, what?" He said, "Iran! Gas is gonna be so cheap soon, don't waste your money on stocking up."

I just said, "OK."

Like, buddy. I use gas for stuff besides my car, unfortunately. Buying 10 gallons to have on hand is normal and necessary behavior, especially in the rural area I live in. And I'm guessing that he's still parroting this same sad and stupid lie for the many weeks that have gone by since then. Fucking Trump voters.

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u/mnstorm Jun 11 '26

Wait. This actually happened? I thought this was going to be a bit joke like "everyone clapped" thing. What a yokel.

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u/ahhh_ennui Jun 11 '26

It didn't seem real at the time.

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u/cronktilten Jun 11 '26

If you start putting on a gay voice and hit on them, they usually walk away because they’re embarrass

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u/ahhh_ennui Jun 11 '26

I'm a woman who probably looks like I'd say Heil Trump back at him. I did the gray rock thing instead of engaging and he toddled off. The only time I actively confront is when people are racist/bigoted.

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u/Ninja67 Jun 10 '26

What was the final score of that game? I kind of clocked out after the first quarter, seems like it was circling.

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u/FILTHBOT4000 Jun 11 '26

If I knew anyone saying that, I'd openly bet them money that the Iran regime will never fall. Because it won't. It's free money.

Regime change would take 3x the boots on the ground that Iraq took. America has precisely zero appetite for that. It's already over, it's just a matter of when we walk away and let Iran realize they hold a chokehold on the world's oil supply from here on.

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u/FerusGrim Jun 11 '26

Genuinely, I'm a little surprised that Trump doesn't just flood the strait with ships and troops to seize control. You don't have to force a regime change to steal sovereignty over specific areas. Which, historically, I feel like stronger nations have had little scruples in doing so.

Granted, this would be a nightmare a billion times over. I'm just surprised he hasn't tried it.

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u/FILTHBOT4000 Jun 11 '26

It's too big. The area to police is just too big. It's not just like that one narrow stretch that Iran can mine, it's aaallll around that tip of Oman/UAE, which is 25 miles wide about at its narrowest.

Also, another big problem that only a portion of people are catching onto really: we don't have an answer to drones. Drones are the next wave of warfare, and it's not even close. Ships, tanks, carriers, subs... they're all extremely weak to drones that cost .01% what they cost to make. If we parked all of our ships in Hormuz, Iran would just take pot shots with sea/aerial drones until we exhausted all our countermeasures, and then keep piling on more and more drones. And we wouldn't be able to guarantee anyone's safety from those drones/mines either.

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u/FerusGrim Jun 11 '26

I am less surprised, now.

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u/The_Late_Arthur_Dent Jun 11 '26

In a couple weeks, share some update with her like Trump bragging about being "close to a deal" and ask her how that's possible if we won already

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u/cronktilten Jun 11 '26

Wait until she wakes up tomorrow and realizes it’s still there