The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and it is not helpful for any nation to suggest that it would attempt to restrict traffic through the strait.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Disruption to the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz would threaten regional and global economic growth. Any attempt by Iran to close the Straits would be illegal and unsuccessful.
Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran.
If you squeeze and squeeze, and you don't allow the Iranians to sell any oil, then what do they have to lose by shutting the Strait of Hormuz down? And if they do that, that's 35% of all the world's oil that comes through the strait and 20% of the liquefied natural gas in the world.
The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.
Our democratic system, national identity, and international space must be respected. Any forms of suppression will harm the stability of cross-strait relations.
Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.
A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.
Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.
While port security remains one of our single greatest vulnerabilities, it makes little sense to give operational control of our ports to a foreign nation without first doing proper investigations.
U.S. nuclear weapons that are available for presidential use are targeted against broad ocean areas.
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