You probably saw that over 80% of the oil that passes through the Straits of Hormuz goes to China, Japan, India, and South Korea. The US doesn’t need it so why should we care if it’s closed?
The answer may be a return to the notion of the strongest nations controlling key resources as a way to exert control and stabilize global economics. If we were concerned only with eliminating the nuclear threat we would focus on that and let Iran play all the games with Hormuz it wants.
We still buy cheap oil. We produce oil but it’s not cheap.
How so? Other countries still use slaves. We don’t.
We have to understand that slaves make countries prosperous and slavery is terrible.
Use AI robots as slaves. Problem solved. We aren’t slaves and it’s pathetic that we allow ourselves to drive down the road for 4 cents of a gallon to support that slavery.
The days of $5 gallon has are here and it’s not going away until we find a new slave labor force. Robots fit this bill very well.