Mo Elleithee: ‘Degrading Is Different Than Eliminating’ as Iran Retains Effective Control Over Strait of Hormuz

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ELLEITHEE: "That‘s exactly right. I mean, I part of the challenge here is the president never truly articulated a consistent set of goals at the outset of this. Every day there was sort of a different goal. But if we look at each of the different objectives that he laid out, I guess I have a less rosy outlook than Jason does. Have we degraded their military capabilities? Yes, but degrading is different than eliminating. And the fact that they do still have effective control over the Strait of Hormuz. Three tankers got through the other day, just three. There used to be far more than that going through on a daily basis. That‘s 20% of the world‘s oil. That is on hold. So it‘s different, but it‘s not eliminated. And it‘s still enough that the greatest navy in the world cannot fully open the"