Originally Posted by
Ronald Reagan
Hopefully the US stops all oil leaving Iran if the regime does not open the Straight of Hormuz to all traffic. No Iranian oil should be allowed to leave at all. I am sure China won't like this, they can then put pressure on the regime to open the Straight of Hormuz to all ships. The question is would it be better to take Kharg Island and occupy it, destroy it or simply use the US Navy to impose a naval blockade on Iran. Maybe Iranian oil tankers could simply be taken, the US/others get the oil free of charge and a free oil tanker, to be returned to a new Iranian government post regime change.
Tricky one this. On the one hand, we have Trump pleading with China (amongst others) to send ships to secure the Straits, whose own vessels currently transit unhindered. And on the other, we have the US threatening to take Kharg Island and stop exports of oil to...primarily China.
To describe the US's plan to re-open the Straits as muddled would be generous.