Why doesn't Trump show some guts and send US Navy ships through the Straits of Hormuz?
We have deployed - out of harm's way - two carrier strike groups: the Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, and the Gerald Ford in the Red Sea.
Sending the Gerald Ford thru the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea was dumb. It is now in a "fish tank" within range of Iran's hypersonic missiles. The Suez Canal was a tight squeeze. The Houthis are waiting at the Gulf of Aden. To escape, the Gerald Ford will have to get back out to the Mediterranean thru the Suez Canal again. Two hypersonic missiles, one aimed at each end of the Suez Canal, will seal it locking up the entire carrier strike group.
Sending the Gerald Ford thru the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea was dumb. It is now in a "fish tank" within range of Iran's hypersonic missiles. The Suez Canal was a tight squeeze. The Houthis are waiting at the Gulf of Aden. To escape, the Gerald Ford will have to get back out to the Mediterranean thru the Suez Canal again. Two hypersonic missiles, one aimed at each end of the Suez Canal, will seal it locking up the entire carrier strike group.
