This is a war of choice sold as necessity — fought for foreign interests while American troops risk their lives and citizens pay at the pump. Iran isn't negotiating, has zero confidence in US diplomacy and is already rewriting the rules of the Strait of Hormuz on its own terms. The only "regime change" achieved is handing Iran control over who gets to sail through.

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