This is Hugh Hewitt for townhall.com. The ceasefiring Iran will be a big win for President Trump

if the strait opens and stays open. And we'll know over the course of two weeks whether or not that

happened. If it does, the world's oil supply will surge a bit and the remnants of the Iranian regime

will have a chance to inventory the destruction

that has rained down on their forces for five weeks. If the strait doesn't reopen or the

attacks on Israel or our Gulf allies don't cease, another round of the third Gulf War will soon

commence. President Trump issued his ultimatum. His never-evolving critics denounced his language,

though it got through to

whomever is running the bunkers in Iran. The war is far from over, but long conflicts never

resolve in a month, and this one's 47 years old. Fundamental things are afoot in the Middle East,

most of them very good indeed. Freedom for the long-suffering Iranian people and stability

in the Middle East has never been

closer since 1979.

I'm Hugh Hewitt.

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