quote: As a military matter, Iran is unlikely to be able to deny the U.S. Navy access to the Gulf if it decides to sail through the strait, analysts and former senior military commanders say. The Pentagon sent two Navy guided-missile destroyers through Hormuz in April at the height of the war. But by laying out maximalist demands, Iran may be testing President Trump’s appetite for resuming the war or for taking an off-ramp, even if it means not immediately contesting Iran’s bid to block the U.S. from the Gulf. No matter what Trump does, “the fundamental result is going to be significant Iranian de facto control over the strait,” said Jonathan Panikoff, a former senior U.S. intelligence officer now with the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank. | Iran Sees an Opening to Kick the U.S. Out of the Gulf In talks on the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran has vowed to block U.S. Navy ships from using the waterway https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-sees-an-opening-to-kick-the-u-s-out-of-the-gulf-b9f9cc53

quote: As a military matter, Iran is unlikely to be able to deny the U.S. Navy access to the Gulf if it decides to sail through the strait, analysts and former senior military commanders say. The Pentagon sent two Navy guided-missile destroyers through Hormuz in April at the height of the war. But by laying out maximalist demands, Iran may be testing President Trump’s appetite for resuming the war or for taking an off-ramp, even if it means not immediately contesting Iran’s bid to block the U.S. from the Gulf. No matter what Trump does, “the fundamental result is going to be significant Iranian de facto control over the strait,” said Jonathan Panikoff, a former senior U.S. intelligence officer now with the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank. | Iran Sees an Opening to Kick the U.S. Out of the Gulf In talks on the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran has vowed to block U.S. Navy ships from using the waterway https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-sees-an-opening-to-kick-the-u-s-out-of-the-gulf-b9f9cc53

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