Strait of Hormuz
If the us DoW had needed strategic advice they really could have just asked my wife.
What the hell are you talking about BV?!
Let me explain.
My family and I lived in Doha until last summer. We ‘enjoyed’ one night of Iranian rockets and that was sufficient.
We were planning to leave anyway and had a shipment booked for the end of July to take our belongings via shipping container to the UK.
With everything that had been happening in the lead up to the Iranian attack on Al Udeid we brought our shipment forwards to get everything out sooner.
Why, you may ask?
I will quote my wife (civilian through and through but a military wife who had lived with me in multiple countries on different continents) directly:
”We should bring our shipment forward in case the Iranians shut the Strait of Hormuz”.
They didn’t last summer admittedly but they have now.
So, excuse my scepticism, but if my wife had figured it out in a very limited time frame I feel sure that the best minds in US intelligence could have also added it to their list of likely outcomes.
BV
Last edited by Bob Viking; 13th May 2026 at 19:41.