[Tell It Right]

I agree with most of VDH's article, as usual. But I respectfully disagree with his statement "The Strait was open because an appeased Iran had no reason to close it".

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?

[Mariner]

“The Deal” officially cedes control of the strait to Iran...in conjunction with the very weak sister Oman.

Iran now is the hegemon from the Pak border to Lebanon.