Why The Marines Are Still In Position At The Strait of Hormuz

Описание: Why The Marines Are Still In Position At The Strait of Hormuz

The USS Tripoli and USS Boxer remain in the Arabian Sea with 3,500 Marines, F-35Bs, and a full assault-configured force because the ceasefire announced on April 8th did not resolve the core dispute, Iran agreed to controlled passage through the Strait of Hormuz, not free passage, and 230 oil tankers and 800 vessels remain stranded the morning after the deal. Washington and Tehran have fundamentally incompatible interpretations of what was agreed, a gap that the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea makes legally irreconcilable with Iran's proposed framework. The Islamabad talks have two weeks to produce a permanent agreement, if they fail, the Kharg Island option remains on the table, and the Marines are exactly where they need to be to execute it.

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