https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/statu ... 7636191233The evidence of Iran’s attack on the ships is strong. We should be leading an international effort to protect the seas and reduce the risk of conflict. Instead, Trump policies have left us isolated, and the region unstable. The maximum pressure campaign has failed. Maximally.
It's a critical waterway and Schiff is right it should be more of an international effort to keep it open. Report this morning that the UK is adding additional Royal Marines to their ships patrolling the Gulf. Tom Cotton is rattling sabers, if a US naval ship is attacked then we can expect a US response. Iran likes to use proxy groups and it's possible that they are using them in the Strait.
As the sanctions go on, Iranian clerics have to be concerned with political instability which threatens them, their power and their wealth. The average age in Iran is 31.3 years old, the bulk of the population was born after the Iranian revolution which brought in the mullahs and a supreme leader.