Steve Forbes urges Trump to keep the Strait of Hormuz open at all costs
Steve Forbes says the United States must double down on efforts to topple the Tehran regime, arguing that free passage through the Strait of Hormuz should remain a non-negotiable American imperative.As the U.S.struck targets in Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Sunday, pressure on the Tehran regime continued to build.
Speaking at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas, the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes and former presidential candidate recently sat down with Fox News Digital to discuss Iran and the Trump administration's foreign policy.STEVE FORBES BACKS TRUMP'S MT.RUSHMORE WARNING ON COMMUNISM: 'HE'S RIGHT'Forbes Media chairman Steve Forbes warns the U.S.
has storm clouds ahead following latest CPI data and new EPA restrictions on gas cars.(Fox News)"Going back to Thomas Jefferson, a core foreign policy plank of the United States is freedom of the seas.
Freedom of navigation got us into another war with Great Britain, the War of 1812," Forbes said."So we've been doing it for over two centuries.The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, just as the South China Sea is an international waterway.
And so we must keep that open. August 1804: Tracers arc in the sky as ships of the U.S.navy bombard Tripoli in an action against a ruler who supported the Tripolitan (Barbary) pirates.
The pirates demanded protection money from all ships and the USA decided to go to war to release their hold on the area. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)"No tolls, no restrictions, all ships of commerce should have free passage through it unmolested."Forbes said that with proper application of air power, boots on the ground wouldn't be needed, but he would not discard that as an option, bringing the example of the engagement with the Barbary pirates, which brought freedom of navigation to the Mediterranean following the completion of the First Barbary War of 1805.TWO US SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN IRANIAN STRIKES ON JORDAN, CENTCOM SAYSThe U.S.military has been enforcing a naval blockade...