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War On Iran: It Is Cheaper To Pay For Hormuz Passage Than To Wage War
• https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Moon of AlabamaUS President Donald Trump is reportedly ready to give up on the Persian Gulf passage:
Trump Tells Aides He's Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz (archived) – WSJ
In recent days, Trump and his aides assessed that a mission to pry open the chokepoint would push the conflict beyond his timeline of four to six weeks. He decided that the US should achieve its main goals of hobbling Iran's navy and its missile stocks and wind down current hostilities while pressuring Tehran diplomatically to resume the free flow of trade. If that fails, Washington would press allies in Europe and the Gulf to take the lead on reopening the strait, the officials said.
There are also military options the president could decide on, but they are not his immediate priority, they said.
Trump is considering to give up because he has no ability to reopen the Gulf by military or other means. The US Navy is lacking the basic equipment to reopen sea passages – de-mining vessels – and it is lacking the arsenal depth needed to defend against the onslaught of missile, drones and torpedoes that would slaughter its ships should they try to pass through the Strait.
Iran controls 270 degrees of the bent of the passage. Its coast is mountainous with many hide outs from where weapons can be released. To reopen the passage by force, a 100,000+ strong army would need to invade, take and hold the Iranian coastline. There is no such forces as no country is willing to commit its soldiers to such a suicide mission.
Trump is now searching for other he can push into opening the closure he himself with war on Iran has caused:
All of those countries that can't get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the US, we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT. You'll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the USA won't be there to help you anymore, just like you weren't there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil! President DJT
After 32 days of Trump's "My war, your Hormuz problem …" has gone through many phases:
1. We need NATO help.
2. Not surprised NATO not helping.
3. We no longer need NATO help!
4. Actually we never needed NATO help.
5. We need Japan, Aus, Korea help.
6. They're not helping either.
7. We are the most powerful country.
8. WE DON'T NEED ANYONE'S HELP!
9. NATO is a Paper Tiger without USA
10. The USA needs nothing from NATO, We will never forget.
11. Build up some delayed courage and go to The Straight of Hormuz.
