Hell, they could use coastal artillery firing out of caves and the Strait would shut-down.

Meanwhile, thanks to the price of oil being driven up by speculators based on the threat, Iran and other oil producing states are raking in the cash, neutralizing the effect of the sanctions, not to mention making it obvious to the Iranian government that they can’t trust the West.

Well, getting hit by Hizballah is less embarrassing than what is coming out of Gaza, and the warheads on the Gaza rockets are filled with explosives salvaged from unexploded Israeli bombs. Maybe Israel should attack its air force for providing munitions to the enemy …

Bibi needs an ‘existential threat’ to cover for the failed domestic policy of his government, and Iran is the only semi-realistic threat available. The entire government of Israel is nuts, but not quite as nuts as the US politicians who back them, no matter what they do, and, yes, American voters are dumb enough not to catch on to the scam.

Note that Hizballah’s missiles were provided by Iran and all of Israel’s air power was unable to stop them from raining down upon Israel when Israel invaded Lebanon. Sure, they mostly hit farmers’ fields and such, but you don’t actually have to *hit* a ship to stop all commerce. Simply the fact that missiles are flying is enough for every insurance company to say “nuh uh, war underway, insurance cancelled” and every captain of every commercial vessel on the planet turns around and goes back home. There was not a single ship willing to enter Haifa Harbor while that little scuffle was underway despite the fact that not a single Hezballah missile came anywhere near Haifa Harbor. That was the core reason why Israel had to finally declare victory and run home, because they were literally days away from no food and no fuel.

BTW, Iran wouldn’t let Hizballah fire their *good* missiles at Israel during that scuffle. Those are reserved for the case of Israel attacking Iran, at which point missiles start falling on Tel Aviv and Haifa. That’s probably why NuttyYahoo is trying to get the U.S. to attack Iran instead, now that I recall that. Does he think we’re cretins?! Oh wait… President George W. Bush was elected by the majority of voters in 2004. Maybe he’s right… 😈