The Straights are international waters. Closing them amounts to piracy on the high seas.
More than enough reason to bomb them back to the Bronze Age.
And one of our own founders, Thomas Jefferson, took on Muslim pirates during his presidency. Betcha the oomPauloomps don’t want to hear those facts.
Who gives Ron Paul his talking points?Hugo Chavez maybe??
The article says:
“Tankers transit the narrow channel in the Persian Gulf use two-mile wide channels demarcated in each direction, sailing through Iranian territorial waters in the north and Omani waters in the south.”
If the above is true, Iran absolutely does have the right to close its own territorial waters. However, Iran doesn’t have the right to close Oman’s territorial waters.
I don’t know if Iran could get their desired effect by closing only their territorial waters. It remains to be seen. If they tried to close Oman’s waters also, then that is a definite act of war, IMHO.