Iran hasn’t set traps all over on and around the island to take out a massive number of our troops? They would be open to constant drone and missile attacks as well.

Does Trump care about that?

I’m more concerned about our troops. I think they would be walking into a death trap. It’s pretty clear Iran has been gaming all of these situations out for quite some time.

to get what he wants.

No one believed me, maybe now people are listening.

Everything may be booby trapped!
That slows an advance.
Shit! Missed one!

I'd blow it up and deny Trump any access to those facilities.

Remove almost all the oil from the island. If the US makes any move towards it, hit the self-destruct button. They would be the kings of the environmental disaster ashes.

And inflict ultimate embarrassment and pain.

If Iran does take out a significant number of Americans, it will cause irreparable damage between the US and Israeli people. Many Americans are racists, sexists, xenophobes, and wanted prices to go down.

If we suffer a defeat, AND prices increase/people lose their jobs, Israel will be the first one that will be blamed. This was not a well thought out operation at any level.

I think it was another case of wishful thinking, bad intel, and underestimating/misunderstanding Iranians.

In the areas affected.

It is the taking of a hostage to then use in a trade.

Kharg Island is in the Persian Gulf so anything exported from there has to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Kharg Island cannot replace oil which is blocked from being shipped through the strait, because its oil can be blocked from being shipped through the strait by the same current mechanisms.

If anyone is portraying a potential seizure/invasion of Kharg Island as a means to reducing the oil price spikes caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, they are lying, crazy, ignorant, or wildly optimistic about a very multi-step hypothetical.

Pace of attacks on Israel ‘becoming more intense’

Samah Watad, a journalist based in central Israel, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the latest Iranian attacks on the country.

She said the Iranian attacks set off sirens across central Israel and that a missile launched from Lebanese territory struck a car in northern Israel, causing damage.

“This is the third notification in the last 30 minutes,” she said, adding that the pace of attacks is increasing and “becoming more intense” compared with earlier in the conflict.

…that Iran placed high explosives at critical points in the oil terminal when they built it as a fail safe measure. They know everyone over there hates them and they’d eventually be attacked by someone.

In their deranged minds either way it cuts Iran's $ from oil off, which they think will make them concede.

Meanwhile at the same time they are starving Cuba to death as one immediate example of a country determined to to hold on to its sovereignty in the face of our senseless cruelty.

So, they will say they are going to take their oil and sell it anyways, 100% of their idiot base will believe it and call us deranged for not believing it, the media won't talk about it and MAGA great LIBS SUCK!

Just like after crowing over how lord DT has gas prices cheaper than ever in history they now living bleat SMALL PRICE TO PAY and LIBS NEVER CARED WHEN BIDEN MADE HIGH GASCPRICES SO SHUT UP!

We are just going along for the ride now.