President Trump is showing decisive American leadership by surging 3,000 elite paratroopers and nearly 5,000 Marines into the Gulf. This powerful decision will secure the 21-mile Strait of Hormuz—the chokepoint moving 20.9 million barrels per day, roughly one-fifth of global oil supply—and equip American forces with lethal options: seize Iranian coastal bases like Kharg Island or raid buried tunnel complexes holding 440.9 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, enough for up to 10 nuclear weapons.

Yet Vance and Rubio’s backchannel talks in Pakistan to calm markets are a risky gamble. Iran has never honored any deal and cannot be trusted. Every........

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