The Absurd GOP

[Fake Messiah]

They’re all quite mad.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) shared an explosive idea to re-open the Strait of Hormuz that has been essentially closed to shipping by Iranian attacks and mines.

“Instead of fighting over a 21-mile-wide bottleneck forever,” Gingrich wrote, “we cut a new channel through friendly territory.”

“A dozen thermonuclear detonations and you’ve got a waterway wider than the Panama Canal, deeper than the Suez, and safe from Iranian attacks,” Gingrich wrote.

Gingrich’s post linked to an article that a community note called “satirical,” but Gingrich didn’t mention the humor angle in his post.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ex-g...10675.html

[Thumpalumpacus]

They’re all quite mad.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) shared an explosive idea to re-open the Strait of Hormuz that has been essentially closed to shipping by Iranian attacks and mines.

“Instead of fighting over a 21-mile-wide bottleneck forever,” Gingrich wrote, “we cut a new channel through friendly territory.”

“A dozen thermonuclear detonations and you’ve got a waterway wider than the Panama Canal, deeper than the Suez, and safe from Iranian attacks,” Gingrich wrote.

Gingrich’s post linked to an article that a community note called “satirical,” but Gingrich didn’t mention the humor angle in his post.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ex-g...10675.html

It's almost like he doesn't know that Shaheds have a range of 500 miles. Hormuz will not be opened without a land campaign, regime change, and thousands of US deaths -- or diplomacy, which is apparently above his paygrade.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

^I particularly like this comment about the article:

'The views expressed above do not necessarily represent those of anyone with brain cells.'

Boru