Its a nonsense suggestion. He or she is just <deleted> posting. He or She is basically repeating the mistake of Newt Gingrich who fell for a spoof. He/She has not appreciated the presence of the Hajar Mountains, the highest mountain range on the Arabian penninsular The construction bill would run to several thousand billion dollars. One day the regime will be no more in Tehran. It might be next year, it might be 10 years, it might be 100 years. Why would anyone use a canal that is constantly blocking due to sand, and falling levels due to evaporation, when there is the Straits. And after all that, the nitwit suggestion doesn't actually solve the original challenge; make shipping invulnerable to interdiction. The canal is still within range of Tehran. A new vulnerability is created, by increasing the power of Oman to block it. Oman has a history of instability. Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said himself is the cousin of Sultan Qaboos who seized power in a coup. For decades, Oman has fought wars against communist and islamist rebels. The canal will destroy people's homes in a region that was the source of the rebellion.
