Take Kharg intact. Blowing up Kharg is like cutting off a bulls balls and seizing Kharg is like tying a noose around the bulls balls.
You’re right, but they would also need to take Bandar al Abbas, the other port nearer the strait. Which they could do. My concern is it just makes them an easy target for drone attacks. Whereas blowing the loading pumps at both locations, and maybe the adjacent storage tanks, shuts off the spigot, but does no permanent damage that can’t be fixed once the conflict is over. Meanwhile it keeps our marines out of range of their drones and missiles. Your thoughts?
Trump is bringing in something like 10,000 ground troops, so he may be planning to do just as you suggest.