Khamenei Redux is here, and Iran is flexing its muscles in the Strait of Hormuz, the 21-mile passage that transports 20 percent of the world’s oil. That is, it transports that amount in peacetime, but with Israel and the U.S. bombing Iran’s land-based assets to pieces, the country has taken to the seas with drones and mines to gain an upper hand in the ongoing battle.
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted multiple commercial vessels, including the Thai-flagged Mayuree Naree, the Marshall Islands-flagged Star Gwyneth, and a Japan-flagged containership, using projectiles and drones, causing fires and trapping crew members aboard some ships.
Even after releasing 170 million gallons of oil from the nation’s Strategic Reserve, the U.S. — and the world — is still seeing gas prices soar. President Trump, in response, tried the spin that higher oil prices mean greater wealth for the U.S.
Problem is, voters don’t see that wealth. They only see pump prices that are jumping almost daily.
Trump’s envisioned two-day spanking, leading to a popular uprising in Iran, is now entering its third week with no clear path to “unconditional surrender” in sight.
Trump needs to go ‘strait’ back to the drawing board and figure out an end to the conflict that doesn’t smack of Iraq or Afghanistan.
[PICTURED: Oil tanker ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after an Iranian drone attack]
