THIS Is What Trump Wants to Send Our Sailors Into.

The Strait of Hormuz is about 21 nautical miles at its narrowest point. And while that is wider than the Strait of Gibraltar, its length is about 100 nautical miles, nearly three times the length of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Navy ships would come under attack from land, sea, air and below the sea (mines attached to the sea bed that would rise and explode to break the keel of a vessel).

And for what? To keep the cost of gasoline under $4 per gallon?

Trump didn't plan this out. He NEVER plans anything out. No wonder he went bankrupt six times. And now instead of running casinos he wants to gamble with the lives of our brave men and women in the Navy.

If we're going to escort tankers thru the Strait in a way as safe was possible, we need to control BOTH sides of it - and that means launching an amphibious invasion of Iran. Because it means more than just sinking ships and bombing airbases. Ground forces must be completely neutralized and reinforcements stopped from entering the area. It also means searching, discovering and eliminating all mobile missile rocket launchers before a successful invasion can be initiated.

This is not Iraq in 1991, which underwent intense bombing for SIX WEEKS, followed up by a land invasion thru the barren desert of Saudi Arabia. We don't have the means to launch a land invasion of southern Iran - only an amphibious one.


And it's been over 75 YEARS since the last time the U.S. conducted a major amphibious invasion (Inchon during the Korean War in September 1950). The planning by Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his staff took over six weeks and the invasion itself involved some 70,000 troops supported by over 260 naval vessels.

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