I want us to sit back and think about this for just one second as the war in Iran continues to escalate.

If we start to block off the straight of Hormuz ourselves and enact a blockade,

we are therefore legitimizing a new form of tolling, a new form of extortion on the global stage that Iran can continue to weaponize. I mean, put another way,

the pot calling the kettle black situation here is this. U.S. restrictions on vessels and international

waters is illegal and, quote, amounts to piracy, and Iran would decisively implement a permanent mechanism to control the

Strait of Formuz following U.S. threats to blockade it, an Iranian armed forces spokesperson

said on Monday, because what kind of moral high ground would the U.S. then have to say,

don't blockade the Strait of Formos? We would have none. In fact, we're creating an entirely

new global structure in which countries can just arbitrarily point missiles off of their coast

and end up gaining some sort of leverage. I mean, as my friend put it right here, why can't

Malaysia demand cash for ships going through the strait of Malacca? Why won't Turkey start demanding

cash for ships going through Bosporus or Denmark for ships going through the Baltic Sea? Hell,

why can't the United Kingdom put missiles in Gibraltar and demand all shipping enter the Mediterranean

pay a toll? Trump is now plunging us into a world order where we're legitimizing this type of

ruling where the only thing that matters is force and how much force you can rule with. This all

comes off the back of news that the United States is considering launching more limited missiles

over in Iran. We're now even repositioning our B-52 bombers in case we want to escalate the strikes again.

Sources say that U.S. B-52 bombers are being repositioned in case the president authorizes

a bombing campaign on Iran.

This came around the same time that Netanyahu said, with a smile on his face, the Iran ceasefire could end very soon.

That's usually the opposite of what an anti-war leader would say.

It's because Netanyahu is not anti-war.

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