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What could possibly go wrong? As Donald Trump repeats threats of a Venezuela-style seizing of Tehran’s oil exports, as US assault troops get in position, the price of oil blowing past 110 dollars a barrel, and as markets take it at face value that the Pentagon’s planning to make a grab for Kharg Island – the hub for nearly 90-percent of Iranian crude exports…We’ll ask about the pitfalls of sailing warships past the Strait of Hormuz for an invasion, the Islamic Republic’s response, and how Gulf neighbors would view it all. Since 1945, the United States has positioned itself as the Arabian peninsula’s main security guarantor. Will it still be the same when the dust settles?
