Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4

[BobfromWB]

We've been talking about the IRGC twin-engine outboards since the beginning of this shit-show.  They're gnats.

Gnats with .50 cals and anti-ship missiles ...

[Timber Rattler]

Uh oh...

John Phelan out as Navy secretary

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-04-22/john-phelan-out-as-navy-secretary-21456797.html

Apparently fired.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-navy-secretary-phelan-fired-by-pentagon-source-says-2026-04-22/

[libertybele]

No time pressure?  Most reports are stating that the ceasefire is for an indefinite period. 

Trump confirms no rush on Iran deal, says 'blockade scares them more than bombing'

President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that there is “no time pressure” surrounding the ceasefire, or agreeing to a new date for talks with Iran after negotiations stalled on April 12.

Speaking to Fox News’ Martha MacCallum, a day after extending the ceasefire indefinitely with Iran, Trump confimed the “3-5 day window” reported on the extension was “false.”

The president also commented on ships fired at and seized by Iran on Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz. “They were not U.S. ships,” Trump said, adding that he would be keeping an eye on the situation.

Discussing when the war might come to an end, Trump said there was “no time frame” and no rush.

“People say I want to get it over because of the midterms, not true,” Trump stated, adding that the administration wanted to “get a good deal for the American people.”

“The blockade scares them even more than the bombing,” Trump said of the Iranian regime. “They’ve been bombed for years but the blockade they hate.”

“Once those wells go down, sometimes they are down for good,” Trump added.

Trump also said Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghachi was a smart man and that he expected “he will still be there when talks get underway again.”...........

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-us-war-blockade-hormuz-april-22

[Timber Rattler]

Trump doesn't know what the hell he's doing now.  I guess there was no Plan B if the Iranians didn't surrender after three weeks of bombing.

[libertybele]

Exclusive: US intercepts three Iranian oil tankers in Asian waters, sources say

LONDON/NEW DELHI, April 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has intercepted at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in ‌Asian waters and is redirecting them away from their positions near India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, shipping and security sources said on Wednesday.
Washington has imposed a blockade on Iran's trade by sea while Iran has fired on ships to prevent them sailing through the Strait of Hormuz waterway at the entrance to the Middle ​East Gulf. Nearly two months after the U.S. and Israel began their war on Iran, there is little sign of peace ​talks resuming during an uneasy ceasefire.

The closure of the strait has disrupted supply of a fifth of the ⁠world's oil and gas supplies, and caused a global energy crisis. U.S. forces have seized an Iranian cargo ship and an oil tanker in ​recent days. Iran said it had captured two container ships seeking to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after firing ​on them and another vessel, its first seizures since the war began.
The U.S. has diverted at least three more Iranian-flagged oil tankers in recent days, according to two US and Indian shipping sources and two separate Western maritime security source who spoke to Reuters on Wednesday.............

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-intercepts-three-iranian-oil-tankers-asian-waters-sources-say-2026-04-22/

[libertybele]

Live updates: US citizens urged to leave Iran immediately

The United States Department of State on Wednesday urged American citizens in Iran to leave the country immediately, following the partial reopening of Iranian airspace.

The travel advisory said the situation remains uncertain and urged U.S. citizens to act quickly, monitor local media for updates, and consult commercial carriers for available flights.

For those unable to fly, the advisory outlined land border options via Armenia, Azerbaijan, Türkiye, and Turkmenistan. Officials also noted that Azerbaijan’s land borders remain closed to routine traffic and require prior government approval.

Meanwhile, an indefinite ceasefire is being put to the test on Wednesday as Iran attacked at least one container ship in the Strait of Hormuz.........

https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/live-updates-iran-fires-on-container-ship-in-strait-of-hormuz/

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2047069702694765038

[berdie]

Trump doesn't know what the hell he's doing now.  I guess there was no Plan B if the Iranians didn't surrender after three weeks of bombing.

I don't think Iran wants peace or negotiation. I really think they are trying to provoke war.

[Idiot]

Uh oh...

John Phelan out as Navy secretary

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-04-22/john-phelan-out-as-navy-secretary-21456797.html

Apparently fired.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-navy-secretary-phelan-fired-by-pentagon-source-says-2026-04-22/

And he's being replace by...and you can't make this up...lol...Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao (pronounced HUNG COW)   

[libertybele]

And he's being replace by...and you can't make this up...lol...Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao (pronounced HUNG COW) 

A temporary position ... as for the last name -- I believe it is pronounced CHow

[Idiot]

A temporary position ... as for the last name -- I believe it is pronounced CHow

Chat GPT says I'm right. 

[Bigun]

And he's being replace by...and you can't make this up...lol...Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao (pronounced HUNG COW) 

Hung Cao is great! I'm ecstatic!

[Hoodat]

... as for the last name -- I believe it is pronounced CHow

Can't be.  Hung Chow is the Cantonese word for 'constipation'.

[mystery-ak]

Iran agrees not to execute eight women tied to anti-regime protests after Trump's public appeal
Bita Hemmati, reportedly the first woman sentenced to death for protest involvement, was among the eight named
By Bonny Chu Fox News
Published April 22, 2026 5:09pm EDT

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran will no longer execute eight women linked to anti-regime protests after he urged their release a day earlier.

"Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Four of the women will reportedly be released immediately, while the remaining four will serve one-month prison sentences.

The president thanked Iran for halting the executions, saying, "I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders, respected my request."

more
https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-agrees-execute-eight-women-anti-regime-protests-trumps-public-appeal

[libertybele]

Iran agrees not to execute eight women tied to anti-regime protests after Trump's public appeal
Bita Hemmati, reportedly the first woman sentenced to death for protest involvement, was among the eight named
By Bonny Chu Fox News
Published April 22, 2026 5:09pm EDT

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran will no longer execute eight women linked to anti-regime protests after he urged their release a day earlier.

"Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Four of the women will reportedly be released immediately, while the remaining four will serve one-month prison sentences.

The president thanked Iran for halting the executions, saying, "I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders, respected my request."

more
https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-agrees-execute-eight-women-anti-regime-protests-trumps-public-appeal

This is according to Iran?? Hopefully they will be released as claimed.  As for the others serving a prison sentence, I wonder what hell they're going to go through and if they indeed will be released after one month. 

[DB]

Have they already been raped to prep them for their death sentence?

[Cyber Liberty]

This is according to Iran?? Hopefully they will be released as claimed.  As for the others serving a prison sentence, I wonder what hell they're going to go through and if they indeed will be released after one month.

Half are being thrown in prison. They're as good as dead.  The other half will be executed as soon as the heat is off.

[Hoodat]

U.S. Central Command
@CENTCOM

U.S. forces have directed 31 vessels to turn around or return to port as part of the U.S. blockade against Iran. 🇺🇸



7:40 PM  ·  Apr 22, 2026  ·  6,612 Views

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2047113315608866866

[Hoodat]

WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧
@WarMonitor3

Over 20 small Iranian gunboats have been spotted on satellite imagery racing towards the Iranian coastlines after travelling from the Middle of the Strait of Hormuz likely laying mines.



10:53 AM  ·  Apr 22, 2026  ·  120.9K Views

https://x.com/WarMonitor3/status/2046980687677300927

[Hoodat]

WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧
@WarMonitor3

Explosions have been heard in Pardis East of Tehran tonight.

Some believe the Iranian military is blasting into underground bunkers to get access to buried weapons.

6:56 PM  ·  Apr 22, 2026  ·  19.4K Views

https://x.com/WarMonitor3/status/2047102370358702328

[Smokin Joe]

bele wrote in reply 99:
"After watching a few minutes of an interview this morning of an ex-Navy seal, he in short stated that to win this, boots on the ground  will be  necessary along with U.S. mass casualties..."

I put up a post here back on Feb 28:
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=578383.msg3278736#msg3278736
... stating pretty much the same when it was taboo to say so out loud.

Here's another, from March 2nd:
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=578383.msg3279690#msg3279690

How could any member of this forum NOT understand -- right from the beginning -- what was going to be required to WIN in a REAL "war" with iran?

It's just the quiet part no one wanted to say out loud.
The only country bombed to surrender had two nukes dropped on it, and it had been engaged on the ground (and in the air and on/under the sea) a lot before that.

[Smokin Joe]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2047069702694765038

The ship in the background is also adorned with the letters ""MSC" on the side. A German shipping company.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgw0kY0-j0M

[libertybele]

Half are being thrown in prison. They're as good as dead.  The other half will be executed as soon as the heat is off.

Of course, yet Trump pretends otherwise.  Does he realize how foolish it makes him look acting like he's made this deal??  Iran is not trustworthy, yet he continues to try to make everyone believe otherwise.  Either he's delusional or he thinks people are stupid and/or have forgotten what Iran has done in the past.  Just recently they slaughtered thousands .... yet ... somehow these women are going to escape the wrath of Iranian leaders???

I find Trump's actions right now very darn troubling.

[Idiot]

I was just reading that Europe has six weeks of jet fuel left and airlines are already cutting routes.  Trump is under tremendous pressure to wrap this thing up.

[Smokin Joe]

But 47 and Hegseth claimed they sunk the Iranian Navy! Yet here they are still at it. Someone has a new definition of what constitutes a navy, or someone has been deceived, or some one is lying ... pick one or three ...

They sunk the major vessels, even the larger submarines. Smaller speedboats (gunboats) were not all accounted for, nor were all the midget submarines (2-10 believed still somewhere).

[libertybele]

I was just reading that Europe has six weeks of jet fuel left and airlines are already cutting routes.  Trump is under tremendous pressure to wrap this thing up.

How he's going to wrap things up is my concern. Exiting too early and pretending that he made Iran flinch with a deal so wonderful that nobody can believe it, is going to be problematic.  Not many are going to trust him anymore. If he exits before getting Iran's uranium and the Strait under control it's going to put a target on our country.  Iran will be been seen by many as having the upper hand over the U.S.

So .... go back in at another time?  I don't see that happening; we'll be too busy fighting them on our own soil in the future.

Perhaps I'm dead wrong, if so, how do you see it?  Anyone?

[Smokin Joe]

How he's going to wrap things up is my concern. Exiting too early and pretending that he made Iran flinch with a deal so wonderful that nobody can believe it, is going to be problematic.  Not many are going to trust him anymore. If he exits before getting Iran's uranium and the Strait under control it's going to put a target on our country.  Iran will be been seen by many as having the upper hand over the U.S.

So .... go back in at another time?  I don't see that happening; we'll be too busy fighting them on our own soil in the future.

Perhaps I'm dead wrong, if so, how do you see it?  Anyone?

We have to finish what we have started. The Israelis have had time to get Hisb'allah off their backs.

[libertybele]

The ship in the background is also adorned with the letters ""MSC" on the side. A German shipping company.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgw0kY0-j0M

MSC. A German shipping company.  Interesting. Innovation at a time when the rest of the world is crumbling.

[libertybele]

We have to finish what we have started. The Israelis have had time to get Hisb'allah off their backs.

I would like to think that Trump sees it that way as well.

[Hoodat]

I was just reading that Europe has six weeks of jet fuel left

Europe has plenty of windmills to make up the difference.

[Hoodat]

𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎
@NiohBerg

Reports from Iran:

Over 100 basijis are hospitalised with severe illness, and one has died, after an Iranian patriot poisoned their food in Parand, Tehran last night.

This is what's called resistance.

3:19 PM  ·  Apr 22, 2026  ·  102.5K Views

https://x.com/NiohBerg/status/2047047737384804409

[Hoodat]

Dr. Eli David
@DrEliDavid

White 🇺🇸 is up a Queen and clearly winning. Black 🇮🇷 should resign, but refuses.

Instead of simply playing out the game and delivering the inevitable checkmate, White gets angry, declares victory, and asks Pakistan 🇵🇰 to invite Black to the negotiating table for a "fair deal"…



12:40 PM  ·  Apr 22, 2026  ·  10.7K Views

https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/2047007637217091937

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I was just reading that Europe has six weeks of jet fuel left and airlines are already cutting routes.  Trump is under tremendous pressure to wrap this thing up.

Bet this like-minded group will not share that fuel with each other, either,

That BTW is their weakness - that they are not really like-minded.

They just tell the world they are,

[IsailedawayfromFR]

It's just the quiet part no one wanted to say out loud.
The only country bombed to surrender had two nukes dropped on it, and it had been engaged on the ground (and in the air and on/under the sea) a lot before that.

Well, I think technically Japan was invaded on the ground during the Battle of Okinawa where 200,000 people died, with 50,000 of them Allied invasion forces.

The nuclear bombs was the finishing job to force the surrender of Japan.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I don't think Iran wants peace or negotiation. I really think they are trying to provoke war.

I recall the time when the US was told to be afraid of Iran as it would turn the entire Muslim world and the Arab countries against us.

Now that alarmism has been proven false as overwhelmingly Iran's neighbors hate Iran and Iran has bombed them all and disrupted their income.

That BTW is very revealing and does not bode well for Iran whether they make it intact through this war or not.