Trump's changing course on Strait of Hormuz strategy raises questions about US war preparation

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cycling through an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. He has jumped from calls to secure the waterway through diplomatic means to lifting sanctions and now escalating to a direct threat against civilian infrastructure in the Islamic Republic.

Trump and his allies insist they were always prepared for Iran to block the strait, yet the Republican president’s erratic strategy has fueled criticism that he is grasping for answers after going to war without a clear exit plan. On Saturday came his latest attempt, via an ultimatum to Iran: Open the strait within 48 hours or the United States will “obliterate” the country's power plants.

Trump’s aides defended the threat as a hard-edged tactic to press Iran into submission. Opponents framed it as the failure of a president who miscalculated what it would take to get out of a geopolitical mire.

“Trump has no plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, so he is threatening to attack Iran’s civil power plants,” said Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass, adding: “This would be a war crime.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trumps-changing-course-strait-hormuz-190550261.html

What happens when you put an idiot in charge.

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1. Thank you for posting an article about this

and calling blowing up nuclear power plants, war crimes.

20% of the world's oil goes through Hormuz. No one that I have heard of has come up with a plan to restore what was happening before the war. I have only seen partial reopenings. Having naval ships escort oil tankers through is only a band aid solution.

Krasnov has 2 choices - double down with a wholesale ground invasion to bring about regime change which will result in many US deaths.

Krasnov can surrender, pull out, and call it a victory. No one but his hard core Magat zombies will believe that, he will be humiliated.

Krasnov opened up Pandora's Box, kicked a bee hive, and it will end when the bees say it is over.