All that is needed is for a President with credibility (which means it won’t happen for a while) to state clearly and without any equivocation, “the day that Iran closes the Straits of Hormuz will be the day I authorize the cities of Tehran, Tabriz and Qom to join Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the history books. Don’t say you weren’t warned, you little Persian pricks.”
Now that’s a clear, concise and polished statement. Now if it can only be carried out.