{"id":28975,"date":"2026-04-01T14:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/01\/the-folly-of-seizing-kharg-island-warontherocks-com\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:54:29","slug":"the-folly-of-seizing-kharg-island-warontherocks-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/01\/the-folly-of-seizing-kharg-island-warontherocks-com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Folly of Seizing Kharg Island &#8211; warontherocks.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE56cENkaDc1QWVKbmJXdG9jSjNwNm1URDB6Zzh1Sks1SG42eFVGeTFoOEFwYk9HNzlTSFJueGFuOGVfUy1NMzN4WmtBVXoxRXNkX0dtcXlXT2NnQlNJMS0zUWJ3UFZVOVRNS0VZUG0yUnB2ZUFxdy1v?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Folly of Seizing Kharg Island<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">warontherocks.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxOX3c2NFJEVi1CSExPRzBITVJncXRRWTNxdk9MUlYzZ2x3ZnNQUjVfRWRoSUJhWk5SQjZBaWNEY1hFaE1PUTlRVmNnaVZkNGhKNnMzbkowbzJTRzN3eXcxcjFROUxEWmQzUnJPNmFsbTNyN0FUXzFUSTM5bmwtcGtMRHJncFpLVzNoMTBRNUkyZUFrRFNQTXRCZQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon prepares for weeks of ground operations in Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">washingtonpost.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxQenhPMkhxZ05xUzJYSl9mbUZBcVEwU3B3OFQ5RWNnWUJCWjJndmZoUVQwc1dNb2kwZzVXNUFoUU1rUGV6N2JWTzJTeGZYaU1JUmpCNmhEbkxoYkw1TGhUYjIzbVRjeVdKSnd3YjZvZ1JCdVVPMW1jY0dPOG9KVTI5UXNFUFhtbkhnbGJvQzVYVmFFaFBoS3E2MEdycWdsanRnOEhkQ1BB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How would American ground forces take Kharg?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">economist.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNYVZ2eGI3UUFjek9teUZ4OF90Rm5yUGdPZFBPZ0w2NExMWVN6MTJudDJiVnRqVDNxVFZELXVNaC1acEJBaVI2STZqTlVOUllpVmpLNWtGVWR2eUtDOUUyNzJ1Uk1KalN1OVVBT2E4RDR3WTI2dVpMRjkyUjhsNURyODIwdzdGMjkzalI2S0Uxaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Fossil-fuel imperialism\u2019: Trump\u2019s hankering for Iranian oil runs deep<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxQU3B1QjRSM3dLSURSNGZSbDQwUWZPa1R2b0dKSnFBYjMxQ1VtMzUyWHVaOC1oWnQtb0tMUEdkdVRlUHBweUhGNmtFSzdtLVBybGJDUjhMWGprWHAxZ1FRVkIycWNlRGlLUERlSzlfcnRsNVAyZWc0SFNDMVhfX1pWRg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Day 30 of Middle East conflict \u2014 Iran warns against US ground invasion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">edition.cnn.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Folly of Seizing Kharg Island&nbsp;&nbsp;warontherocks.com Pentagon prepares for weeks of ground operations in Iran&nbsp;&nbsp;washingtonpost.com How would American ground forces take Kharg?&nbsp;&nbsp;economist.com \u2018Fossil-fuel imperialism\u2019: Trump\u2019s&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/01\/the-folly-of-seizing-kharg-island-warontherocks-com\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}