[stevie_d_64]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/12/29/us-aircraft-carrier-enters-zone-near-iranian-oil-route-as-tensions-rise/

OMG!!! How dare we do something like this!!! /sarc

We are just going to keep pushing and pushing Iran to close off these Straights of Hormuz if we keep provoking them!!! /SARCASM

[flbntz]

What about a pipeline across Saudi Arabia? That way the Strait loses its strategic significance, and Iran along with it.