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riversedge

(81,162 posts)
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 03:53 PM Sunday

BREAKING: US forces have just reportedly opened fire on an Iranian commercial vessel.

umm.... does not sound good at all.



@krassenstein
BREAKING: US forces have just reportedly opened fire on an Iranian commercial vessel.

Things are spiraling fast this weekend after Trump claimed a couple days ago that he was going to have a deal by Sunday.

What a mess, but I expected this.



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BREAKING: US forces have just reportedly opened fire on an Iranian commercial vessel. (Original Post) riversedge Sunday OP
This is beyond stupid by Trump. nt DURHAM D Sunday #1
Well JBTaurus83 Sunday #2
We are pirates, now... displacedvermoter Sunday #3
The war was ending too fast to bury Epstein again. And again and again ... usonian Sunday #4
Word! Brother Buzz Sunday #5
NOT a tanker. James48 Sunday #6
Kinda like in Goodfellas when Henry Hill, Tommy and Jimmy displacedvermoter Sunday #7
Pretty sure bombing their country was already an act of War EX500rider Sunday #8
Are we Mad_Machine76 Sunday #9
Heck of thing that you have to ask, displacedvermoter Sunday #10
Yes. Mad_Machine76 Sunday #11

displacedvermoter

(4,763 posts)
3. We are pirates, now...
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 04:04 PM
Sunday

Blockade is an act of war, there has been no declaration of war by Congress, so, to what authority are these orders based on to fire on an unarmed tanker?

If this really happened, of course.

We always have to add that to any response to anything these shit hooks say or do.

usonian

(25,905 posts)
4. The war was ending too fast to bury Epstein again. And again and again ...
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 04:05 PM
Sunday

"Thank you for your inattention to this monster"

James48

(5,244 posts)
6. NOT a tanker.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 06:54 PM
Sunday

A civilian cargo container ship coming from Malaysia. Full of electronics, no doubt, and foodstuffs.

We are a pirate that just put a cannon shell into the engine room of a ship on the high seas.

This is an act of war.

displacedvermoter

(4,763 posts)
7. Kinda like in Goodfellas when Henry Hill, Tommy and Jimmy
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:35 PM
Sunday

hijack trucks full of TV sets and frozen seafood! Just on a bigger scale.

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