Originally Posted by
Hangarless
The whole crux of the issue. The Strait is of such importance to the entire world economy that someone had to destroy the Iranians ability hold the whole world to ransom by choosing who passes and who does not.
So what's the plan? Create some sort of DMZ down the northern periphery of the Straits? That's a whole magnitude of order more challenging than the current "mission", whatever it is (its ironic how all the talk about enriched uranium and ballistic missiles seem to be have been demoted to a footnote).