The U.S. military vowed to blockade all Iranian ports starting Monday, part of efforts to force Tehran into agreeing to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and accepting a peace deal. Iran responded with threats on all ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, taking aim at U.S.-allied countries.

That set the stage for an extraordinary showdown that contains serious risks for the global economy and raises the specter that a ceasefire that is currently holding could collapse and the war could resume. Talks aimed at permanently ending the conflict — which began Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran — finished without an agreement this weekend, and there has been no word on whether negotiations will resume.

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[–] 23 points 7 months ago (4 children)

US military is poised to TACO Tuesday!

Or

Enter Player 4 - China has joined the game!

I love a good taco, but I also have a lawnchair and case of beer ready in case we kick of WWIII and I want to watch the impossibly bright lights.

🎵🎶

And the band played on

As the helicopters whirred

Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn

My senses finely blurred burned 🎵🎶

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Remember to wear welding shields or use pinhole cameras to watch the fallout! Enjoy the end, safely.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    You misunderstand. If we get impossibly bright light fireworks, I don't want to shield myself from them. Considering what comes next, I want to walk drunkenly stumble into the light and be free.

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