President Trump will have a problem securing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, this British imperial mouthpiece opined on March 15. “The geography of the strait favors Iran; so does the low risk tolerance of shippers and insurers,” and sending American troops to seize the coastline is out of the question, due to the size of the force required for that.
However, if Trump wants to escalate elsewhere, Iran’s Kharg Island is a good target, the article helpfully suggests. According to the Economist, Trump has had a “fixation with Kharg Island” for decades, an assertion they back by citing a 1988 interview in which Trump declared “that were he president he would ‘do a number’ on” the island. Trump has already bombed Iranian military targets on the island, but left the oil terminal facilities untouched. The Economist suggests that Trump “may hope to seize it,” as Fox News commentators and Sen. Lindsey Graham are promoting.
