At this point. If we don’t walk away with Basing Rights and defacto control over outlying islands such as Kharg.
It’d be a sign we need some new negotiators. As I said in another post. Having a significant portion of the global oil trade pass under the guns of the U.S Military. Is an extremely potent stick to keep in the geopolitical toolbox. In order to bludgeon enemies and those who seek to inconvenience us.
What are the sticking points? There’s no shortage of possibilities to speculate on that one would expect the regime would find unpalatable.
Who controls the strait is the only issue left.
At this point. If we don’t walk away with Basing Rights and defacto control over outlying islands such as Kharg.
It’d be a sign we need some new negotiators. As I said in another post. Having a significant portion of the global oil trade pass under the guns of the U.S Military. Is an extremely potent stick to keep in the geopolitical toolbox. In order to bludgeon enemies and those who seek to inconvenience us.