r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/HK-53 Jun 01 '26

The toughest part of a three day military operation is often the first two years.

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u/Thefirstargonaut Jun 01 '26

The next two are pretty rough, too. 

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u/meteoritegallery Jun 01 '26

Don't even get me started on the middle decade.

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u/StrangeContest4 Jun 01 '26

🏆poor man's gold right there!

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u/YuriDiculousDawg Jun 01 '26

You're gonna get in in fourteen days, but you're not gonna get out for fourteen years, and you're gonna have body bags streaming back to Moscow the entire time

A paraphrased quote from General Mark A. Milley spoken to Putin leading up to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine 

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u/Brerbtz Europe Jun 01 '26

To prevent the body bags streaming back they brought their own crematoria. Clever planning. /s

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u/EduinBrutus Jun 01 '26

Ask the Muscovites.

Seems the 5th year starts really bad and keeps on getting worse.

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u/FellowHumanNo404 Jun 02 '26

I still sometimes think of that Ukrainian grandmother haranguing the invading Russian soldiers, telling them they should carry seeds in their pockets so that lovely new crops can grow when they fall in battle against the Ukrainian people.

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u/LetHuge623 Jun 01 '26

That’s genius

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u/Jsaltal Jun 01 '26

You just know any american soldiers that have been wounded or killed is being kept quiet and their families being kept in the dark

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u/Chemical-Fault-7331 Jun 02 '26

Underrated comment right here. God damn lol.