[Olog-hai]

Coach is underestimating how dovish the US liberals are.

[Daveinyork]

I think I remember the Iranians trying this in the 80’s, and President Reagan ordered our navy to sink their whole navy, and it was done.

[newheart]

I am not one who believes that either of the Bush administrations went to war for oil despite the constant accusations of the left. But it would be a supreme irony if the Iranians try to shut down the Strait of Hormuz and we call their bluff while utterly destroying their so-called Navy. It would be, pure and simple, a war for oil.

Not that Obama has the cojones for it, but the irony would be a thing of beauty.

[blueunicorn6]

“10 day Iranian navel exercise” - Wow......10 days.....”Achmed! There is an infidel ship! Push the belly button!”

[mountainlion]

Our weak pResident has embolden the muzzies.

[ThunderSleeps]

Iran’s Chief of the Navy, Admiral Habibollah Sayyari boasted that “Closing the of Hormuz for Iran’s armed forces is really easy.”

Yes, for a while. How long could they maintain that blockade? A few hours, couple of days, a week? At the end, they'll have lost face, and every naval unit they have. So sure, a one-shot transient event is possible, but not useful other than for political bluster.

[Sundog]

We need a new route into Afghanistan, anyway.

[SaxxonWoods]

Iran will not attempt to close the strait.

Next.

[llandres]

Bfl