From what I’ve been reading,,

It’s more an insurance issue

Iran has been bombed many times and the straight was never closed

Suddenly the insurance companies all have decided not to insure the tankers,,,

The insurance companies are all based out of England,,,,

The question is,,,,, are they doing it to spite the trumpster??

I don’t know the answer or if it’s the real reason,,,

What I do know is,,,,, we aren’t actually getting the true story

… naw I was under the impression we took out nuclear capabilities last year and were washing our hands of it to focus on mass deportation

… straight wouldn’t even be closed if that’s what was done

… Iran activated the mines in the strait and are able to hit vessels from 100 miles inland with mobile missle launches

… it was known the strait would be closed at the start of this most recent conflict

… they thought the regime would be toppled quickly and Iran doubled down

… so crap is just being thrown up against the wall to what sticks at this point

… little ways to go to get the 10,0000 that are here antigov lol

Oh boy. Let's see if I can do this. Please read my summary points in the most civil tone.

I give all respect and thanks to the brave men and women serving in the Middle East.

This is however a foreign war (or whatever it is being called today) that was unnecessary. We have been hearing for decades that Iran is on the verge of having a nuclear weapon. Never happened. We were told that the Iranian nuclear program was "obliterated" last summer. Either that was not true or we had no reason for this "excursion." Whatever Iran did in the 1980s (which oddly is included in the justification) was over forty years ago--not a reason to attack Iran now. Yeah, it sponsors terrorism against Israel but the Saudis attacked us on 9/11 and I guess they are now our pals--not mine, but anyway.

We were promised no more foreign wars and have not heard a consistent reason for entering this one. I will not get into the congressional issues.

We are spending money we do not have. We are $39 Trillion in debt. We added another $3 Trillion over the last year.

We are wrecking our economy and it's going to get worse. Our economy should be booming.

The Democrats are going to crush the Republicans (or whatever they are now) in the mid-terms.

Most importantly, we are risking the lives of our servicemen and women unnecessarily.

And, now we are stuck. No exit plan.

And for what? A distraction from (rhymes with Lepstein) and because of governments in the Middle East who could not give a flip about the US--only using us.

I hope I complied with the rules of discussion. I tried really hard.

20,0000......but going down not up

willing to end the U.S. military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, administration officials said,

Ok, but like Savell, your post focuses on what you think should have been done. The truth is, that ship, or missile or whatever, lol, has sailed.

We are where we are at now. I'm more curious to know what people think should be done from this point forward.

Declare victory and leave. Eventually, this will probably happen. Sooner the better.

It is only closed as
"scorched earth" tactic.