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As someone said on Blue Sky "Good that only qualifyed people are making the decisions" [View all]
If *I* knew that the closing of the Strait of Hormuz was a major—if not THE major—risk of going to war with Iran, then Trump’s national security team should have known.
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) 2026-03-13T01:11:08.707Z
And I think they did.
They were likely advised about it by knowledgable officials and ignored the warnings.
The question is why.
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