The 67 and 73 wars showed that there is no way to keep the Canal open. In answer to question #1, yes. A scuttled barge or tanker effectively closes it. Crews trying to clear the canal become sniper targets and leave.
There is nothing we can do about this except ride out the consequences of diverted resources on world commodity prices.
A former Carter State Dept official from the Iran hostage crisis (he must’ve been very young, ‘cause he still looks fairly young) — just said on FOX: “We either need to have a back-bench in Egypt, or else a backbone; and we have neither”. I take that to mean we are stuck with just seeing what comes of it. Everything we could do to intervene would be counterproductive.
The prospect exists of having images of brocko burned in effigy, and, of course, the American flag. I think the former prospect might just put brocko into a fetal position, sucking on his thumb (or his favorite “other”).
>>The prospect exists of having images of brocko burned in effigy, and, of course, the American flag. I think the former prospect might just put brocko into a fetal position, sucking on his thumb (or his favorite “other”).
LMBO, and you are spot on with that!