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CynicalTrader82
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President Trump did not announce an escort mission just now, US officials say.
Project Freedom, earlier called the Maritime Freedom Construct, is a coordination cell.
It’ll tell US-flagged ships and others the safe lanes to navigate the Strait of Hormuz (aka no mines, etc.)
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@MarioNawfal US didn't deny they fired missiles. US denied they struck a ship.
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THE U.S DENYING IRAN'S CLAIMS IT FIRED 2 MISSILES ON A U.S WARSHIP IS GOOD NEWS
Because:
1. Either the U.S is saying the truth, and Iran lied, and that's good news as it means no attacks
2. The U.S. is lying, which confirms they do NOT want to escalate, and are probing Iran
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Moving sl to 113$ due to temporary spike
Fernando@fernandowavesfx
Oil short now 105$ Stop 110 Target 60$
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According to Axios, a U.S. official has said that U.S. forces will destroy any Iranian boats and missiles attempting to attack shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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@Simonsdad3 @BarakRavid @TankerTrackers Notice the carefully worded post. "Hit", not fired.
My guess is they 100% fired at the ship and the missiles were intercepted and the ship turned back.
It will come out later today.
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@BarakRavid @TankerTrackers Everyone screenshot this. I want Barack to officially apologize when it turns out he is wrong and only put this out to be the first and gain followers
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Senior U.S. official denies a U.S. ship was hit by Iranian missiles
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@CRUDEOIL231 Carefully worded language in the response. They said the Iranians didn't hit the ship. Nothing said about if they fired or not.
My guess is it's 100% true.
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Barak Ravid is at it again with his hustle. Does this pathetic reporter ever sleep?
Anyway, I wonder if anyone here is old enough to remember when CBS first reported on the mine-laying—only to have "US officials" deny it, claiming it never happened.
And what about when the US aircraft carrier was attacked? In the end, it all turned out to be true.
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@TrifkoGable @financialjuice This doesn't say anything about them not firing on a US ship.
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@financialjuice So Iran is lying that it sent 2 missiles into a U.S. warship?
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US official denies a US ship was hit by Iran missiles - Axios.
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@financialjuice They didn't deny the Iranians fired on it though....
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@zerohedge At this point I believe the Iranians over Axios.
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They’re going to do nothing
Limit down
JH@CRUDEOIL231
It looks like Iran is left with only two choices: sit back and watch the US Navy escort ships through the strait, losing all their leverage, or respond militarily to protect it. The former would gut their bargaining power, while the latter gives the US and Israel the perfect excuse to restart hostile military operations. We all know what Iran is going to choose. The moment their speedboats fire a shot, US and the IDF will drop the missiles. Tbh i think Washington played this one pretty smart. They’ve set the bait perfectly. #oott #iran
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@CynicalTrader82 @g_rockets @alexbward The Strait isn’t open because it’s an acceptable casualty for a complete victory.
But you are probably a small-minded goatfucker so my words are pointless here.
GIF
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Iran will not “fire” on U.S. navy ships because they 1) lack any ability to do so and 2) it would be like swatting an ant off your hand
They only attack Indian cargo ships too stupid to turn AIS off traveling alone at night who get scared by some 7.62 rounds
Chris Rollins@ThePowerAudit
This is a savvy legal move by Trump. May 1: War Powers letter formally ends hostilities, preserves force posture, asserts Article II constitutional authority. May 3: "Project Freedom" announced as a humanitarian operation, not military. Monday: US Navy escorts neutral commercial ships through Hormuz under freedom of navigation rights. If Iran fires on it: that is Iran starting a new conflict. Trump is responding defensively, not attacking. No new War Powers clock starts because the US did not initiate hostilities. Iran did.
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@5Seiders @g_rockets @alexbward More like Trump is worried about the Iranians sinking or damaging a Destroyer or other battleship.
If he wasn't worried, the Strait would be open by now.
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@CynicalTrader82 @g_rockets @alexbward No, they aren’t, it just isn’t necessary. That is utterly retarded. Unlike the Iranians we can score real military victories with ease and don’t need these retarded symbolic gestures to manufacture a façade of competency.
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@PewPewBangKaPow @lookner @WSJ The chances of any shipping company willing to make their ship and crew cannon fodder for the Trump admin is zero.
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WSJ: The new initiative Trump announced to guide trapped ships out of the Strait of Hormuz "doesn’t currently involve U.S. Navy warships escorting vessels through the strait", according to a senior US official. Rather, it "is a process through which countries, insurance companies and shipping organizations can coordinate moving traffic through the Strait."
wsj.com/world/middle-e…
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@Festivus96 @Bradsawful @lookner They aren't sending anyone into the Strait.
If the captains are willing to play real life Frogger with the IRGC, I'm sure the Navy will high-five them when they get to the Gulf of Oman.
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@Bradsawful @lookner CENTCOM has announced that US ships/aircraft will be participating int he operation. They made the announcement here on X.
Don't believe everything that corporate media tells you.
Read.
x.com/CENTCOM/status…
U.S. Central Command@CENTCOM
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Um, this announcement from CENTCOM says it's not just about getting trapped ships out. It's about totally reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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@lookner This is a word salad that means jack shit.
NOTHING about actually going in the SoH. The status quo remains.
Poor attempt at market manipulation.
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@PewPewBangKaPow @lookner @WSJ Yeah, the Guided missile destroyers will be nowhere near the strait.
They are hanging out in the Gulf of Oman.
The Trump Admin tried their best to fool the markets and make them THINK they were going in, but the WSJ sniffed out the bullshit immediately and called them on it.
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