2026-03-04 23:13:46

🚨 THE US HAS A PLAN B FOR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND IT CHANGES EVERYTHING. 🚨

Iran thinks closing the Strait gives them leverage forever.
It won't. Here's why - step by step:
Step 1: The Strait of Hormuz is a 33-mile chokepoint. 20% of global oil flows through it. Iran just CLOSED it.
Step 2: But look at a map. The land separating the Persian Gulf from the Gulf of Oman is BARELY 30 miles wide in places. Through UAE/Oman territory. US ALLIES.
Step 3: The US doesn't need to reopen the Strait. It just needs to CUT A CANAL through that strip.
Step 4: A mega-canal — like a second Suez — connecting the Gulf directly to the open ocean. Completely BYPASSING Iran.
Step 5: The UAE is already being bombed by Iran. They have EVERY reason to approve it.
Step 6: Trump already wants mega-projects. He already wants the Panama Canal. This is BIGGER.
Step 7: The canal makes Iran's ONLY leverage — the Strait — completely WORTHLESS. Forever.
Step 8: Oil tankers sail through UAE territory. Iran can't touch them. The chokepoint is GONE.
Step 9: Once built, Iran loses control of global oil routes PERMANENTLY. Their entire geopolitical power — erased.
Step 10: This war doesn't end with bombs. It ends with a CANAL that makes Iran irrelevant.
This is the move nobody is talking about.
Iran closed a door. The US is about to build a highway around it.

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