Blockading the Strait of Hormuz is not worth the risk

As the United States Navy moves to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, the world is watching for a show of force. What they will find instead is a fleet hollowed out by a decade of social engineering and administrative sclerosis.You cannot project American sovereignty abroad with a military that is busy managing its own decline at home. More importantly, this naval escalation risks suffocating the most promising diplomatic opening in decades.The permanent class of experts would rather risk a catastro...