If the Strait of Hormuz isn't safe, that's not some far-off cable news problem. That's fuel, shipping, insurance, groceries, all of it. People act like America can just shrug while Iran and its proxies play chicken in one of the world's biggest choke points. Sorry, no. Freedom of navigation isn't a slogan, it's the baseline for a functioning economy. I don't want another open-ended war, but I also don't buy the fantasy that weakness keeps trade routes open. If tankers are getting threatened, the U.S. and our allies need a visible naval presence and clear consequences. You don't deter bad actors by issuing another statement and hoping they calm down.