Because you're repeating your opinion and not covering any new ground. I'll remind you that your opinion is just that.

It's just my opinion. But I like to think that I've made a serious effort to explain why I hold that opinion, and the defects in the contrary argument. Which is why people have discussions about opinions, rather than simply loudly declaring them at each other. Plus, I don't think we've really discussed this aspect of the war yet.

Do you believe we can go past 5-6 weeks of the Straits being closed without having a serious global economic consequence? If not, do you believe we have the ability to stop Iran from threatening commercial traffic in the Straits? What would that look like? The existing regime certainly has maintained the ability to wage low-level asymmetric warfare against the U.S. - not anything that would let them stand toe-to-toe on a conventional battlefield, but certainly enough to threaten various oil tankers.

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