No More Half-Measures
Why America Must Seize Kharg Island The United States finds itself at a rare moment of strategic clarity in the Persian Gulf. A naval blockade, now several weeks old, has effectively bottled up Iran’s oil exports. Kharg Island, the critical terminal through which nearly ninety percent of the regime’s crude once flowed, sits increasingly full, its storage tanks approaching capacity. Analysts debate the precise timeline, but the “oil mystery” is no mystery at all: the Islamic Republic is running out of room, and time is working against it. This is not a moment for hesitation. It is a moment to reject…