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Time to win the Battle of Hormuz — and enforce freedom of navigation

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President Donald Trump has rightly declared the Iran “cease-fire” to be dead and even more rightly made getting the Strait of Hormuz permanently opened his top priority.

All his minions should get the message: Win the Battle of Hormuz.

Use all the force it takes; anything diplomacy can do (and we don’t see much) is just an added plus.

Tehran’s proved its promises mean nothing: No sooner had the prez threatened serious consequences if Iran failed to declare the Strait of Hormuz open than it defiantly attacked a commercial ship and declared it closed.

“They agreed to a deal yesterday,” Trump reported Sunday. “No nuclear, no this, no that . . . And then within an hour, they launched a drone at a ship.”

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