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And the US is in no position to do anything of the sort unless we want to commit 200,000 troops to occupy the entire coastline of Iran.

I would not be surprised to see this end with a new doctrine that has Iran at least nominally in charge of managing passage through Hormuz, charging modest tolls to ships it feels have a legitimate purpose in the Gulf. Perhaps there will be a multi-lateral presence, but nobody wants the US to control any of this.

We have no allies now, other than Netanyahu -- only back-stabbers who are momentarily not using their daggers.

Remember that Russia and China have much more business in the Gulf than we do. They aren't about to let the Trump rule this and line his own pockets with toll money -- unless he gives Russia and China things that hurt America even more.