Tom Bowman

Well, the retired senior officers I talked with say the Marines aboard ship could punch through the Strait of Hormuz with the help of

American destroyers and land marines and their armored vehicles ashore.

They have an infantry battalion of about 800 marines that could seize the three oil facilities on the island, two in the south and one in the west.

The Marine unit also has F-35 aircraft as well as Cobra attack helicopters along with drones and also anti-drone technology to help with any threats.

Yeah, Iran would resist, of course, with the missiles and drones in particular.

And we've seen the U.S.

drop several 5,000-pound bombs on missile sites on the Iranian coast.

Now, that could be preparing the battlefield for these Marines to seize Karg Island, or it could be just getting ready for U.S.

escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

But again, the Marines are heading there, Steve, and we just don't know what they'll be doing.

Steve McLaughlin

It would not fit in any way whatsoever.

All you have to do is look at Iraq and Afghanistan.

An official not authorized to speak publicly says this drone strike was carried out by the CIA, not the military, as we've seen so far with the attacks on some two dozen alleged drug boats, often using drones as well.

And those military strikes are continuing.

Another boat was hit just yesterday, killing two people on board.

But this is the first strike on land, clearly ramping up pressure on the Maduro regime.

President Trump has already indicated the fight would move to land, so this could be just the first one.

Well, it said that two to four hours before the airstrikes by American F-18 pilots, Secretary Hegseth, he was getting a classified briefing from General Eric Carrillo about the upcoming attacks on Houthi rebels.

A lot of detail about the number of planes, the targets, the timing.