There is no military solution to open the strait. The fact is that Iran is not unarmed children of Gaza. Iran has capability to hit back. Iran can set alight the gulf states and cripple the world economy. You can’t bomb your way through everything.

> There is no military solution to open the strait.

There is no cheap & fast military solution. There are certainly military solutions if you are ok with it taking a while or costing a lot of lives.

> Iran has capability to hit back

They have demonstrated they can make the surounding countries miserable. They arent capable of actually getting a military victory.

Which is why a deal is plausible. USA doesnt want to spend (in money and lives) what it would cost to open the strait. Iran demonstrates it can hit back enough to be annoying but not enough to force a victory. Sounds like neither side is exactly capable of "winning" (without us spending more than it wants), so a deal sounds plausible.

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