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StoolPigeon

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40. Secrecy?

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #29)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 11:51 PM

2 hrs ago

Trump announced that he was sending ships to the area over a week in advance. These aren't clandestine speed boats. How would England, for example, get a ship there without being noticed?

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Israel has a Navy [View all] GCG 13 hrs ago OP

Isn't their navy in the Mediterranean? SocialDemocrat61 13 hrs ago #1

Who could have anticipated that they would be needed? LakeVermilion 13 hrs ago #2

Suez Canal StoolPigeon 12 hrs ago #4

Do they have access? SocialDemocrat61 12 hrs ago #11

And even if they had access, Wednesdays 8 hrs ago #29

Secrecy? StoolPigeon 2 hrs ago #40

Unknown to me StoolPigeon 2 hrs ago #39

How does that line of thinking work for all the NATO allies he's shitting on? BeyondGeography 12 hrs ago #5

Depends on where SocialDemocrat61 12 hrs ago #12

They could have transited thru the SUEZ to the Red Sea and they'd be joining US Navy. ChicagoTeamster 12 hrs ago #16

Do they have access to it? SocialDemocrat61 11 hrs ago #17

Maybe not after cutting off Egypt but they used to have a cold peace cooperation treaty with Egypt. ChicagoTeamster 10 hrs ago #23

Israel/Suez Canal melm00se 10 hrs ago #25

That treaty is from 1888 SocialDemocrat61 9 hrs ago #26

Plus, see my post #29, above. nt Wednesdays 8 hrs ago #30

Wikipedia appears to say yes... GJGCA 5 hrs ago #36

Cool SocialDemocrat61 5 hrs ago #37

To the best of my knowledge, melm00se 3 hrs ago #38

could be fairly quickly - cab67 10 hrs ago #20

That's a consideration too SocialDemocrat61 9 hrs ago #27

Israel's warships are on the smaller side. cab67 8 hrs ago #28

It's not the ship's width SocialDemocrat61 8 hrs ago #32

I was taking that into account. cab67 6 hrs ago #34

The Suez Canal was constructed in the 1860's SocialDemocrat61 5 hrs ago #35

BIbi is his ally. ananda 13 hrs ago #3

Boobi cab67 10 hrs ago #21

It's hard to find schools and hospitals at sea Prairie Gates 12 hrs ago #6

That sums it up well. David__77 12 hrs ago #8

They're busy blockading Gaza. Kid Berwyn 12 hrs ago #7

Wouldn't TrumpenFuhrer have to clear that deployment with AIPAC first? NoMoreRepugs 12 hrs ago #9

Damn shootin' they have a navy and the US paid "good" money for it. twodogsbarking 12 hrs ago #10

But do they have a leader right now? Bev54 12 hrs ago #13

Getting a cup of coffee in hell, no doubt. peppertree 10 hrs ago #22

He probably did... GiqueCee 12 hrs ago #14

Furthermore, if they were so eager for this war, it should be Israeli boots on the ground.... Sogo 12 hrs ago #15

Israel will send it's navy once they have expended the last American sailor. Dan 11 hrs ago #18

Uhh, Bibi's point of view is "Why should I risk MY navy when I have those Americans who do not mind dying for me" LiberalArkie 10 hrs ago #19

Sa'ar 6-class corvette's are pretty small at 1,900 tons & 295ft EX500rider 10 hrs ago #24

76mm are medium-sized guns, IIRC. Wednesdays 8 hrs ago #31

On the smaller end as Naval guns go EX500rider 6 hrs ago #33