Anyone who thinks the USA under any kind of rational leadership will simply allow Iran to close the Persian Gulf to tanker traffic by letting them launch a few missles every few days is a fool, in my opinion.
Hunting for Silkworm missiles one by one is not the only option available to bring pressure to bear on Iran.
“Anyone who thinks the USA under any kind of rational leadership will simply allow Iran to close the Persian Gulf to tanker traffic by letting them launch a few missles every few days is a fool, in my opinion.”
What does “letting them” have to do with reality? The reality is they have thousands of truck mobile anti-ship missiles waiting in caves.
Do you have a magic plan for destroying them so they can’t be launched? Please let us know how that works.
Yeah, there are stern letters, then special font effects like bolding, capitalization, and large type to show how really angry we are. The Fifth Fleet steaming in a really intense and furious manner will surely bring them into line. Anything else would be unexpected from the current regime.