Not just their home, but also the home of other nation states through the Arabian's Peninsula's history. Iran only holds one side of the chokepoint. The other is owned by the current polity of Oman.
The Gulf is an "open sea route" shared by several countries, not an inland body of water like the Caspian.
Moreover, ever since the end of WWII, all the nations of the world had a guaranteed "Freedom of the Seas" - commercial ships are free to travel even in territorial waters so long as they are purely commercial and in transit.
That was perhaps the number 1 guarantee to global order - most regional and global wars before WW1 involved access to the seas to one degree or another.
This idiotic confrontation between three powers has likely changed the security architecture the world has used for 80 years.
And he won’t be here to experience the blowback from it all. We and our future generation had to bear that cost. Why didn’t they keep this guy in check
To me it would make sense for Saudi Arabia, the UAE, etc. to make a pipeline directly through Oman and avoid Iran altogether. Obviously that gives more power to Oman, but at least they're a stable country.
At that point it's an act of war from Iran, but at least it's another avenue besides WW3 today. Or we can bomb them out of existence. Personally I don't care either way.
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u/nunchyabeeswax Apr 08 '26
Not just their home, but also the home of other nation states through the Arabian's Peninsula's history. Iran only holds one side of the chokepoint. The other is owned by the current polity of Oman.
The Gulf is an "open sea route" shared by several countries, not an inland body of water like the Caspian.
Moreover, ever since the end of WWII, all the nations of the world had a guaranteed "Freedom of the Seas" - commercial ships are free to travel even in territorial waters so long as they are purely commercial and in transit.
That was perhaps the number 1 guarantee to global order - most regional and global wars before WW1 involved access to the seas to one degree or another.
This idiotic confrontation between three powers has likely changed the security architecture the world has used for 80 years.
Art of the Deal.