Hey!

Who wants to start another war in the middle east?  Looks like you just might get your festivus wish!

"The enforcement of the decision to close of the Strait of Hormuz is certainly within Iran's armed forces' capability, but such a decision should be made by the country's top authorities," Iranian Navy commander Habibollah Sayyari was quoted as saying by the semi-official ILNA labor news agency.

Yes, plugging the Strait Of Hormel Chili may very well be within the power of the Iranian Navy, but it's KEEPING it closed that would be the problem.  Also, who wants to bet that this isn't going to happen anyway?  Not me.  Eventually the Gulf of Tonkin will be synonymous with the Straits of Hormones.

Also, while it is definitely within our power to topple the Iranians for humanitarian reasons, and oh-so-coincidentally get our oil going again, we have proven over the last ten years or so to be incapable of actually winning a war against a backwards, illiterate, and most importantly foreign nation.  We have spent ten long years fighting the slack-jawed inbred hillbillies of the world to a draw.  John Wayne wouldn't have stood for this shit.  Of course, John Wayne wouldn't have stood for the Iraq War, either.

How well do you think we'll do in the coming war with Iran?  Without changing the rules by which we operate, I'm willing to bet "not well."




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