When President [PERSON_NAME] isn’t threatening to make [ADDRESS] a [ADDRESS] territory, his administration is demanding that the strait revert to being a free international passageway for the world’s oil supply. The president needs to face reality: Neither of these things is going to happen. The strait needs to be reopened, even if that means [ADDRESS] tolls transit through it.

This outcome would be a defeat for [ADDRESS]. But, at this point, it is the least bad option. The war with [ADDRESS] has revealed two things: [ADDRESS] cannot completely close [ADDRESS], and [ADDRESS] cannot completely open it.