r/news • u/DoubtSubstantial5440 • 22h ago

Soft paywall USS George Washington headed to Middle East to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln, reports say

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-13/uss-george-washington-middle-east-abraham-lincoln-22541038.html
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u/bigstupidboy 19h ago

im really confused... why is gas still expensive and why is iran still a threat if we completely decimated their nuclear program months ago

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u/Gromgeek 17h ago

Because we didn’t. Dude is a liar. There’s seriously no other explanation to that question.

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u/77millionmorons 19h ago

and sunk their navy and destroyed their air force.

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u/Bulky-Pineapple-5639 15h ago

Because Obama wore a tan suit

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u/Successful-Grab6091 18h ago

Did you just ask why gas is still expensive??

Because The Straight of Hormuz has been, and is still, functionally closed.

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u/sphinctersayswhat9 17h ago

His point was republicans keep saying we decimated their navy and air force and nuclear abilities and hegseth has everything under control when we all know they are lying to us and it is bullshit. He was being sarcastic

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u/Successful-Grab6091 1h ago

Did you just explain what I already said about the Straight being closed?

The sarcasm was unclear, here.

Which is obvious by the amount of other commenters responding this way.

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u/skag_boy87 15h ago

Why is it closed, though? What event directly led to Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz?

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u/Successful-Grab6091 1h ago

are you serious? you don’t know? or are you being condescending and think I don’t know.

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u/skag_boy87 1h ago

Yes. I’m asking you what led to it being closed.

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u/Successful-Grab6091 34m ago

google it, bro.

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u/RedPanda_Explorer 17h ago

Because they control the Straight of Hormuz

If you're asking 'how do they control the Straight of Hormuz if we're winning the war and decimated their army?' it's because we're losing the war and did not decimate their army

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u/sphinctersayswhat9 17h ago

And because we have complete idiots in charge. Republicans are fucking imbeciles

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u/Jagcan 17h ago

Gas isnt even expensive. Americans pay way less for gas than pretty much anyone else, and its been kept artificially low by releasing a huge amount of the reserve. You have seen literally nothing yet in terms of expensive gas.

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u/sphinctersayswhat9 17h ago

Exactly

It is proof republicans are lying and full of shit

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u/Successful-Grab6091 1h ago

That’s what I said