https://freerepublic.com/tag/mooting/ en-us Sun, 6 Sep 2026 05:12:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4394406/posts Strategic patience for the win? Iran's regime leaders thought they could force the US to buckle by strangling the global economy at the Strait of Hormuz. The US, however, has an actual blue-water navy, and that tends to matter in blockades involving a country entirely reliant on sea trade for its only valuable export economy. As the Wall Street Journal concedes, Donald Trump's Hormuz blockade is a lot less "leaky" than the IRGC's. And as Trump himself pointed out yesterday, the Strait may not matter for very much longer anyway:By squeezing the Strait of Hormuz, both the U.S. and Iran... Hotair https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4394406/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2026 05:12:24 GMT