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2026-04-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Trump rushes a SECOND warship to enforce Hormuz blockade as Iran taunts 'meaningless' ceasefire

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-24 11:57|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1806 views ] Top
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1 Trump rushes a SECOND warship to enforce Hormuz blockade

By "SECOND", we mean three.
(and if we are counting warships and not just aircraft carriers, we mean "many" since the aircraft carrier is a social creature and goes nowhere without an accompanying group of friends and associates)

as Iran taunts 'meaningless' ceasefire

And by "Iran", we mean Hezbollah. But you knew that.

Posted by SteveS 2026-04-24 16:48|| 2026-04-24 16:48|| Front Page Top

2 Only thing I can think of, is that the UK/Daily Mail hasn't thought in 'navy battle groups' in two generations.

Sir, one quarter of the world's maritime traffic and some of our protectorates have fallen under fire; orders, sir?

Send Dragon.

Right. Drag, and....

No. Just Dragon.

Just, drag on?

Dragon. HMS Dragon, Dragon, for Pete's Sake!

...you want us to send Pete's Dragon?

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-04-24 17:17|| 2026-04-24 17:17|| Front Page Top

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