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Swede

(39,365 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:09 PM 10 hrs ago

Lindsey Graham on Kharg Island: "We did Iwo Jima. We can do this." Us had 26,000 casualties on Iwo Jima.

Bloodthirsty SOB


The battle for Iwo Jima resulted in over 26,000 US casualties, making it one of the bloodiest Marine actions in history.

Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) 2026-03-22T17:17:12.995Z

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Lindsey Graham on Kharg Island: "We did Iwo Jima. We can do this." Us had 26,000 casualties on Iwo Jima. (Original Post) Swede 10 hrs ago OP
What's this "we" shit, Linzee? Mysterian 10 hrs ago #1
Stupid idiot. jeffreyi 10 hrs ago #2
Lead the way, chickenhawk. C_U_L8R 10 hrs ago #3
Why isn't DOD Hegseth on the news circuit? leftstreet 10 hrs ago #4
My uncle fought at Iwo Jima Jersey Devil 10 hrs ago #5
The only battle Lindsay ever fought was Captain Zero 10 hrs ago #6
Homophobia is not a good look sarisataka 9 hrs ago #7
An asshole ready to get someone else's child killed. spanone 9 hrs ago #8
We needed Iwo as a fighter base for bomber escort to Japan, rsdsharp 9 hrs ago #9
Putting troops in a barrel that probably will have oil fires near it and little logistical support underpants 9 hrs ago #12
Who is "we," Lady G? City Lights 9 hrs ago #10
Tell ya what Lindsey... sarisataka 9 hrs ago #11
There are 95 islands in the Persian gulf, 40 in Iranian territory Ponietz 9 hrs ago #13
How many of those 39 other islands sarisataka 9 hrs ago #14
Taking the oil isn't the issue, keeping the straight open is the problem Ponietz 7 hrs ago #15
Kharg Island is nowhere near sarisataka 7 hrs ago #16

leftstreet

(40,434 posts)
4. Why isn't DOD Hegseth on the news circuit?
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:16 PM
10 hrs ago

Or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, or ANYONE associated with the Iran war.

Graham? Seriously?

Jersey Devil

(10,831 posts)
5. My uncle fought at Iwo Jima
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:24 PM
10 hrs ago

5th Marines. When I was a kid I asked him about the battle and he told me he saw things there that no human should ever witness again. He spent the rest of his life fighting post traumatic stress syndrome, in and out of VA hospitals repeatedly. Lindsey Graham should rot in hell for his shameful attempt to glorify this stupid war with Iran. Semper Fi Uncle Frank and rest in peace.

rsdsharp

(11,985 posts)
9. We needed Iwo as a fighter base for bomber escort to Japan,
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:51 PM
9 hrs ago

and as an emergency landing field for shot up B 29s that couldn’t make it back to their home base.

Why do we need Kharg Island, Lindsey?

underpants

(196,349 posts)
12. Putting troops in a barrel that probably will have oil fires near it and little logistical support
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 03:01 PM
9 hrs ago

if any.

Suzanne Collins wrote “Hunger Games” as a sort of combination of the TV show “Survivor” and what she saw in the War on Iraq. So, yeah, that but in real life.

sarisataka

(22,631 posts)
11. Tell ya what Lindsey...
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:52 PM
9 hrs ago

You pin on a pair of butter bars and lead a platoon in the first wave (don't worry, you are as experienced as most Second Lieutenants); I will dig out my DCUs and be right at your side.

Ponietz

(4,315 posts)
13. There are 95 islands in the Persian gulf, 40 in Iranian territory
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 03:11 PM
9 hrs ago

One island won’t make much difference.

sarisataka

(22,631 posts)
14. How many of those 39 other islands
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 03:17 PM
9 hrs ago

have storage facilities for 30 million barrels of oil and export 90% of Iran's oil?
One island makes ALL the difference.

sarisataka

(22,631 posts)
16. Kharg Island is nowhere near
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 05:02 PM
7 hrs ago

The Strait of Hormuz. Capturing it will do nothing to keep the Strait open.

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