Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Who said we should murder a few million? The area along Hormuz is sparsely populated, and by now mostly by combatants. Announce your intention, give everybody 48 hours to get inland and take out the remaining weapon sites with airbursts. Repeat as necessary until Iran recognizes the internationally recognized right of passage.
The US would run out of munitions long before the straight can ever be opened by such strategy. It's too asymmetric.