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1. shevy-java · 1789595165 · focus · HN ↗

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   1. drnick1 · 1789596930 · focus · HN ↗

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      1. darkarmani · 1789600904 · focus · HN ↗

         > This is the first administration in a long time with the cohones to do something about it.

         Containment worked WAY WAY better than "doing something about it" and surrendering the strait to them. They "solved it" by aerosolizing asbestos everywhere and still have no cleanup plan. Sometimes containment works much better, which is why intelligent foreign policy worked the problem from that angle.

         Wasn't victory declared 1 year ago and also a number of months ago?

         1. drnick1 · 1789608570 · focus · HN ↗

            > Containment worked WAY WAY better than "doing something about it" and surrendering the strait to them.

            We haven't surrendered anything to them. It's an open secret that the U.S. has been moving oil out of the Strait all along. Of course, all the IRGC does is attack civilian ships because it is unable to do anything against the U.S. Navy, and knows it would face immense pain if it directly attacked American military vessels. Last time the IRGC tried, it lost half a dozen oil tankers that were sitting ducks in the Strait. The only language these people understand is violence. An MoU was signed this summer, but the IRGC had a point to make and resumed attacks shortly after.

            And containment hasn't worked well at all. Iran has been building underground facilities for more than two decades. It is very clear that they want to be a nuclear power, and we can't let that happen. The moment you grant Iran any kind of ceasefire or sanction relief, that money goes straight into funding weapons and terrorism.

            1. mitxela · 1789626410 · focus · HN ↗

               I think you accidentally swapped "the U.S." and "Iran" in your comment.

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