Ret. Gen. Jack Keane: There Is a Problem in the Strait of Hormuz

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KEANE: “Now, with the Strait of Hormuz, there is a problem there. If we start to bring our warships through right now, the Iranians still have the capability, not just at the coastal area, which we can eliminate, but hundreds of miles back, to range those ships with precision weapons. And that makes no sense in terms of the risk when we’re going to finish them off entirely in a few weeks. In the meantime, the commander of Central Command has got — has it as a task and he’s deliberately working to eliminate the potential of those offensive weapons interfering with escort operations in the Strait of Hormuz. We’re likely not going to begin that task of escorting tankers through until that threat is removed.”