Peter Welch: “Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz.”

“And that is a country with limited power has asymmetric power. It's confronting us with the limits of what can be accomplished with military power. Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. And to the shock of most Americans, there appears to have been very little if any planning on the part of the folks who pushed us into war about what would happen when the strait was closed.” (02:10–02:15)

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