The key to negotiating an end to the war is to always remember that Iran’s regime—its theocrats, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, military leaders, and elected officials—has no history of telling the truth or abiding by any agreement it signs.
So the only means of enforcing concessions is to use disproportionate force each time Iran inevitably violates the terms of the armistice.
A good article to read. Prof Hanson is a realist that seeks the best for our nation. Worth jumping over to read.
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Was Iran leaving the Strait open? Not as I remember it. Remember the countless times before the Iran War that Iran would seize or harass cargo ships, making the price of oil go up? Remember the 10 or so American sailors captured as hostages in the US Navy's embarrassing moment in the Obama years? Remember the capturing of British sailors?