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The Strait of Hormuz is just another example of an old familiar tactic. Familiar, that is, to those who study it. Do not forget the ways the Muslims used the tactic of Anti-Access and Area Denial on March 18, 1915.
"The great Turkish Naval Victory in the Dardanelles 111 years ago is one of the most striking examples of this. During the First World War, the Turks, who collapsed economically, had a weak navy and were militarily backward. They won a great victory against the Royal Navy Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, the most powerful navy in the world at the time, by using the advantage of mines, coastal artillery and geography.
"This fight was not only a military success but also a triumph of strategic thinking. The Dardanelles naval battle is therefore considered one of the most historically powerful examples of the A2/AD doctrine. This event is not merely the result of a war; it is also a major turning point that affects the course of the world war and international political balances. Today, 111 years later, the lessons learned from Çanakkale are still of great importance for modern naval strategy.
"A weak state was able to stop the world’s most powerful navy with the right defense system. The biggest weakness of imperialism is not only its arrogance, but also its mistaking its technological superiority for strategic superiority. On March 18, 1915, this mistake collapsed in the face of the brotherhood of mines and barrels. In the 2026 Gulf War, the same mistake is being tested again in the face of the brotherhood of UAVs and ballistic missiles. Yesterday, the aggressive British-French joint navy could not cross the strait in Çanakkale. Six proud high-tech warships were destroyed by the primitive Muslims with nets and mines. The British then tried to attack by land and lost 58,000 men in just a few months. The result? Disaster. Total defeat, embarrassment, and the collapse of the ruling government in Britain.
"History reminds us once again that brute force is not always decisive in a narrow geography, under determined defense and in the face of a common order of fire. Sometimes it’s not the size of the largest navy that changes history; It is a defensive architecture established in the right place at the right time. Trump recently decided to send the 31st Marine Expeditionary Task Group, (MEU) which carries 2500 marines stationed in Japan, to the Persian Gulf. If history repeats itself with an interval of 111 years and this incoming MEU attempts to invade the Strait region we can already say that most of the marines may be lost with great defeat for US military."
US military planners Trump, Hegseth, and the Joint Chiefs should read the memoirs of Churchill, who was the Minister of the Navy in the First World War during the Gallipoli Disaster. (Winston Churchill World in Crisis- 6 volumes)
-- Ret Admiral Cem Gürdeniz
Many Republicans pride themselves on their chess-playing acumen. Dems write a tax increase bill, GOP players write one that doesn't increase taxes, and say, "We'll just checkmate these revolutionaries and WIN this one." Sometimes they do. But Since the Goldwater days, they've been whipped 90 percent of the time. So they study chess tactics harder.
In next three years, the Dems are rolling out an army of tanks. First mission: roll over every chess board and destroy them, leaving the elephants to wander around aimlessly, not knowing how to do politics.
How do we know this? Zoom calls over the last year. The Dems are done with chess.
Kunstler: "Democratic Party election ninja Marc Elias knocked himself out for two years registering new voters by the bale, as in manufacturing them. . . illegal aliens. . . homeless junkies. . . straight-up fictitious persons. . . in order to flood the zone with fake mail-in ballots, that is, in-your-face fraud. And the reason they did it was so ...
"No man is big enough to run this great Republic. There never has been one. Such domination was never intended. Tranquillity, stability, dependability—all are assured in party sponsorship. and we mean to renew the assurances which were rended in the cataclysmal war.”
Warren Harding, July 1920.
