I want to emphasize what the chairman said about that the only thing prohibiting transit in the straits right now is the Iran shooting at shipping. It is open for transit. Should Iran not do that now, there's a reason why We chose as one of our primary objectives destroy the navy. We understood the ability to interdict shipping is something Iran has done for 40 years. It's key terrain. They've used it as leverage. The world is seeing what they'll do to fight back in that context. (20:19–20:24)
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Asserts that destroying the Iranian navy is a primary objective of their operation.
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