Iran’s parliament might have voted to retaliate on the world by closing down the “choke point” of the Straits of Hormuz for $1 billion of oil shipping daily, but Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Mich., told Newsmax on Monday that the U.S. military assets will effectively veto that.
“Iran tends to be a little unstable when it comes to looking at the broader picture of things, because they are so focused on taking down the free world, if you will, as they perceive it,” retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Bergman told “Wake Up America.”
“And the Straits of Hormuz have always been a choke point. Our subsurface and our air assets are on station right now, and they’re going to be utilized as necessary to ensure that the straits stay open.”
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