Dick Durbin: “Can you explain to the American people who are facing these…”

“And that I'll leave it to them to opine on that they are the ones who invoke or stop the use of military force. Well, let me put it in strictly military terms. Can you explain to the American people who are facing these gasoline and diesel oil prices, what is going on in the Straits of Hormuz where Iran, which was attacked by us seemingly as the Straits of Hormuz at a standstill with 1500 tankers waiting for either permission or peaceful circumstances to navigate? Sure. I think militarily it's a case where Iran is choosing to hold the world's economy hostage through their use of military power across their southern flank.” (03:10–03:32)

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