Trump and allies should set up a program where the Strait must remain open and the cost of ANY AND ALL damages* inflicted upon shipping by Iran will be 100% covered by IRANIAN IMPOUNDED FUNDS. This would stiffen the spines of the shipping insurers and reinsurers. And IRANIANS UNDERSTAND MONEY, do not want to lose it and will punish (i.e., kill) those who cause the loss. And the ones causing the loss are the IRGC.
I’m posting this in every thread where the absence of such MONETARY DAMAGES ASSESSMENT is partially responsible for the situation.
And, yes, we could both bomb Iran (and/or take other actions) and do this at the same time.
* “ALL damages” INCLUDES the cost of cargo, the cost to repair/replace the ship, the “opportunity cost” (revenues/profits the ship could have made during the time the ship is out of action), losses suffered by the crew members (and.or their families) who are injured or killed
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OK… NOW IS THE TIME to actually hold Iran FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE for this action of theirs. The Iranians attacked at least one ship since President Trump said he would do that. SO DO IT!
This is worse than an abusive relationship. In modt cases the abuser says that they will stop the destructive behavior, In the case, the US military doesn’t even know how to fight a war.