re: #78 Dark_Falcon

They could close it, but not for very long. We’d force it back open, and they know it. Iran is telling the truth when they say they could hurt us, but they can’t stop us.

But the fact remains we’d get hurt and I’d rather not see that happen. I’d rather reach an accommodation with Iran, if that is possible.

I’m sure that somebody will correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like the last time something like this happened, what effectively closed the Straits was that the insurance companies made it so expensive to insure ships that were going to transit the Straits.

The threat of force is as effective (if not more so) than actual force.

RBS