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This was such a stupid strategy, in the 1st place. What were they going to do in order to enforce this? Open fire on everyone shipping oil? The US would literally be enforcing Iran's blockade on the Strait, for them.
Based on the last 6 months I figured they’d board and steal the tankers to sell on trumps personal name.
Shhhhh!
I wonder if we'll get to see pirates stealing from those privateers
I think (but not positive) it was so that the US could decide who to let through after Iran did. So if Iran got paid off by let's say, China, the US would block that.
“Hey, we haven’t started a war with China yet - let’s do that!”
Well, the idea was that the ones paying the toll are the only ones getting through, so, being far more generous than they deserve, the strategy is to make paying the tolls not worth it. Still, like you said, there was no way to enforce this reasonably. It was a weak threat that anyone could see wasn't going to be enforced.