Al Gore

We've had all kind of war games and strategy plans, and they all come down to one salient fact.

Because the Strait of Hormuz has 300 miles of coastline along rugged territory owned by Iran, they can shut down the Strait of Hormuz by themselves.

They can hit ships with missiles launched from the back of pickup trucks.

And they can hide those pickup trucks.

And they can launch mines from DOWs.

And they can do other things.

So it's a prominent reality that should dominate or at least be highly prioritized in any discussion of whether or not the U.S.

ought to launch an attack on Iran.

And according to the news reports, it was presented, as you could expect it would be, including by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Kane, who seems to be a very capable, competent military officer.

And according to the news reports, the president said, no, it's not a problem because they'll surrender before they use that option.

And

I mean, I think the level of fear among his advisers may be such that they don't want to disagree with him.

I'm just speculating here on that now.

I don't know.

But for whatever reason, that key exchange between the commander in chief and.

and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs on the key strategic point that Republican and Democratic administrations have understood for almost a half century went wrong.

And that translated into an astonishingly harmful mistake that is gonna create a very difficult, already has created a very difficult situation.

And he's faced with the option of snatching defeat from the jaws of Armageddon.

And what I mean by that is,

letting go of the conflict and declaring victory and trying to make it into something other than a defeat, if he chooses that option, you know, I hope he gets away with it in the sense that I hope he finds a pathway that's kind of an exit ramp, but he won't get away with it.