Dana El-Kurd

And we have Marines that are moving into the area.

There's been a lot of talk about having them seize islands in the Strait.

potentially even Karag Island.

The problem with that is obviously Iran has to deal with the bottleneck of we need this big island with its deep harbors.

Otherwise, we can't get our oil out.

But if the U.S.

takes that island, it's in the middle of a bunch of shit Iran controls and they can fling explosives at the forces who take that island all fucking day long.

It is a very bad position to be in if you're the Marines.

I don't care how well trained you are.

I don't care how much support you have.

That is a bad position to be in.

And any military leader who has been under fire is trying very hard right now to let Trump know this will not be a low casualty endeavor and it will not be an easy endeavor.

And you will not wind up just controlling this island and being able to dictate things to Iran.

You will wind up having potentially thousands of your boys held captive.

by Iranian forces that surround them and fling explosives at them all day long.

It's a bad position to be in.

Yeah, and this is, I think, part of, like, the issue with the Trump administration's policy here is that, like, Trump himself and the people around him just seem to have been treating the Iranian army as not a real army.

It is.

It is.

No, this is an actual army.