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SamuelTheThird

(1,229 posts) Thu May 7, 2026, 02:57 PM 1 hr ago

WTF is going on with Iran? Complete confusion

They are so out of their depth

Operation Freedom to resume-

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/saudi-arabia-kuwait-end-restrictions-on-us-militarys-use-of-their-bases-and-skies-wsj/

Wait, no, Operation Freedom not resuming-

https://investinglive.com/news/us-official-preparation-to-resume-operation-freedom-to-reopen-the-strait-are-incorrect-20260507/

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WTF is going on with Iran? Complete confusion (Original Post) SamuelTheThird 1 hr ago OP

clusterfuck Skittles 1 hr ago #1

Market manipulation. BlueTsunami2018 1 hr ago #2

Not just amateurs. C_U_L8R 1 hr ago #3

The next headline I want to read is: ananda 1 hr ago #4

Pump and dump Johnny2X2X 39 min ago #5

Skittles

(172,586 posts)

1. clusterfuck

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 02:58 PM

1 hr ago

yup

BlueTsunami2018

(5,051 posts)

2. Market manipulation.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 02:59 PM

1 hr ago

Bet on oil prices going down.

Announce strait is open.

Clean up on bets.

Bet on oil prices going back up.

Announce plan to open strait is cancelled.

Clean up on bets.

Rinse and repeat.

C_U_L8R

(49,505 posts)

3. Not just amateurs.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 03:06 PM

1 hr ago

Total freakin idiots. Supreme dumbasses.

ananda

(35,423 posts)

4. The next headline I want to read is:

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 03:10 PM

1 hr ago

Boats safe after traveling through Hormuz Triangle.

Johnny2X2X

(24,388 posts)

5. Pump and dump

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 03:58 PM

39 min ago

It's so out in the open. Blatant manipulation of the markets and corruption. Iran was never going to agree today, they just started looking at a proposal. Today is over in Iran, it's almost midnight there.

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