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The Pentagon warned Congress that clearing the Strait of Hormuz could take six months, despite President Donald Trumps insistence just days ago that Iran was removing all the mines from the critical oil passage.
The dire assessment on the longer timeline was shared with House lawmakers during a classified briefing on Tuesday, The Washington Post reported.
It suggests that oil and gas prices could remain high through the summer and into the fall, right as voters are heading to the polls for the midterms, even if a peace deal is reached.
According to three officials who spoke to The Post, lawmakers were told Iran may have placed 20 mines in or around the Strait of Hormuz, either remotely using GPS technology or by Iranians forces using small boats.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-secretly-makes-dire-prediction-210552453.html
JBTaurus83
(1,562 posts)Are too used to attacking countries that cannot defend themselves.
Torchlight
(6,942 posts)and the swift, post-invasion cleanup would be led by regional puppets and championed by the free world.
Man-children who think watching the Rambo franchise and a few games of Risk under their belts makes them geopolitical experts got elected to office and we're paying the price for their inept and craven decisions.
Whip-poor-will
(358 posts)Has the trump Bible included Hosea 8
Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
Or Galatians 6
God is not MOCKED for you reap what you sow
Didn't trump understand that when he was studying the Bible ?