{"id":21182,"date":"2026-03-14T13:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=21182"},"modified":"2026-03-14T13:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:20:15","slug":"trumps-iran-war-goes-sideways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/14\/trumps-iran-war-goes-sideways\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Iran War Goes Sideways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s just great\u2026<\/p>\n<p>AP: Iran Hits Back After The U.S. Bombs A Key Island As The War Enters Its Third Week &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/iran-hits-back-united-states-bombs-key-island-war-enters-third-week_n_69b55d16e4b09d87d0277d50?origin=home-latest-news-unit\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>MEE<\/em>: Tehran says US-linked sites in UAE may be targeted in response to Kharg Island attack &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/live-blog\/live-blog-update\/tehran-says-us-linked-sites-uae-may-be-targeted-response-kharg-island\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mediaite<\/em>: UAE Oil Facility Catches Fire After Iran Drone Strike Amid US Troop Deployment &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/breaking-uae-oil-facility-catches-fire-after-iran-drone-strike-amid-us-troop-deployment\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mediaite<\/em>: US Embassy Burns After Being Struck By Missiles As Trump War on Iran Rages &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/14\/us-embassy-in-baghdad-iraq-targeted-with-missile-hits-helipad\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>WSJ<\/em>: Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War. Read it <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/LbtXm#selection-2173.0-2173.80\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NBC: U.S. bombing of Kharg Island, Iran&#8217;s critical oil hub, sparks new threats to target Gulf oil infrastructure &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/iran-threatens-strike-oil-facilities-us-hits-military-targets-kharg-is-rcna263453\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BBC: Trump urges UK and other nations to send ships to help secure Strait of Hormuz after Iranian attacks &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/ckg1w1jp8kjt\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Raw Story<\/em>: Trump and top aides blindsided by scale of Iran&#8217;s retaliation as Gulf allies &#8216;furious&#8217; &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/trump-iran-2676102274\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Crooks and Liars<\/em>: New Pentagon Deployment Signals Possible Ground Operation In Iran &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2026\/03\/new-pentagon-deployment-signals-possible\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mediaite<\/em>: Is he senile? Trump just said Iran can attack oil ships \u2018no matter how badly defeated they are\u2019 &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/trump-declares-iran-can-attack-oil-ships-no-matter-how-badly-defeated-they-are-in-attempt-at-reassuring-rant\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meidas: What War?\u2014 Trump Announces Palm Beach Getaway &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/meidasnews.com\/news\/what-war-trump-announces-palm-beach-getaway\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daily Beast<\/em>: Trump\u2019s Humiliating War Miscalculation Exposed &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/6rPL5#selection-387.0-387.46\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>HuffPo<\/em>: Secretary Of Defense Hegseth Promises Iranians \u2018No Quarter\u2019, A War Crime &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/hegseth-no-quarter-war-crime_n_69b44e2fe4b0676e64bf4b04?origin=home-latest-news-unit\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>NY Times<\/em>: Why Little Was Done to Head Off Oil\u2019s Strait of Hormuz Problem &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/14\/business\/energy-environment\/iran-strait-hormuz-oil-middle-east.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>WaPo<\/em>: Trump urged uprising, but as bombs fall, Iranians are \u2018too scared to move\u2019 &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/03\/14\/iranians-dubai-war-fear-relatives\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Salon<\/em>: With Iran war, reality doesn\u2019t matter to Trump &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2026\/03\/14\/with-iran-war-reality-doesnt-matter-to-trump\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NBC: Videos and satellite images show Iran&#8217;s drone army puncturing U.S. and allied defenses &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/security\/iran-drone-army-us-defense-video-image-shahed-attack-rcna262531\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AP: Trump Says U.S. Bombed Military Sites On An Island Vital To Iran&#8217;s Oil Network &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/us-marines-mideast-iran-war_n_69b49875e4b09d87d0276778\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>STILL DEVELOPING\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s just great: Iran hits UAE oil facility, the Strait of Hormuz is still shut down, Trump begs world leaders for help, and so much more\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21182"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21217,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21182\/revisions\/21217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}