So then: Down deep, if the truth were told, DOES the US even care about keeping the strait of Hormuz open? Or not? If the US believes that it is now completely energy sufficient, which it may be, then one strategy to maintain dominance is to just burn down the house. Then wait for a few years. And let others gradually rebuild. We learned that after the house had been burned down during WW2, the relatively-untouched USA became significantly stronger, in a relative way.
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