Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Military Experts Say the Real Problem With Seizing Kharg Island Is Not Taking It From Iran but Holding It Afterward Trump posted AI-generated images of a strike on Kharg Island, reviving talk of seizing the hub that handles most of Iran's oil exports. A... Isaac SeitzJuly 28, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Forget the Strait of Hormuz: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Is Being Chased All the Way Around Africa to Reach Its Buyers Saudi Arabia blames Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq for a drone strike on its oil infrastructure; the militias have not claimed it. A Saudi... Brandon WeichertJuly 28, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More ‘It’s Not Clear Why We Started a War With Them. I Have No Idea’: America Is Fighting a War Its Own Voters Cannot Explain Reuters finds only one in three Americans supports the war with Iran as it enters its fifth month, with independents and Democrats broadly opposed... Isaac SeitzJuly 28, 2026
Dollars and Sense Donald Trump Just Got Handed a Painful Truth: Most Americans Hate the Iran War Support for the Iran war is collapsing even among Trump's MAGA base, polls show, as gas prices surge in every state. The Guardian found... Stephen SilverJuly 28, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Donald Trump Just Got Handed a New Problem: Oman Just Put a Hormuz Peace Plan on the Table and Iran Might Take It Oman is pushing a new round of US–Iran talks over who controls the Strait of Hormuz. Its regionally backed proposal, modeled on how Malacca... Brandon WeichertJuly 28, 2026
The Treaty There’s 1 Simple Reason the Iran Talks Are Stuck: Tehran Wants Authority Over Hormuz — and Washington Won’t Give It With the pause in its third night, the options board looks bad: CNN reports the CIA and DIA showed Trump the bombing campaign has... Brandon WeichertJuly 27, 2026
The Treaty Trump Says Iran Asked ‘Very Nicely’ for a Pause and a Meeting — but Tehran Insists There Are No Negotiations The US and Iran are three days without reported attacks as mediators push to revive talks. Trump says Iran asked 'very nicely' for a... Jack BuckbyJuly 27, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More A Green Beret Argues America Just Quantified Its Own Limit in Iran: Six to Eight Thousand Troops, No More Retired Special Forces Lt. Col. Stephen Cook argues the Afghanistan withdrawal broadcast a boundary on American will that adversaries keep testing — and that... Stephen D. CookJuly 27, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Israel’s Long-Term Goal in Iran Is Regime Collapse — and Washington Might Not Love That Idea Bezalel Smotrich called the US-Iran confrontation 'the right one and the best for us,' per Military.com — with Israel outside a war Hegseth priced... Harry J. KazianisJuly 27, 2026