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CL directional thesis

The Strait of Hormuz, the world's biggest oil chokepoint, is sitting closed, and reopening it may take an amphibious landing and a major military escalation.

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“the Strait of Hormuz as an economic choke point has to open back up in order for commerce to work. But we're sitting here today, the straits functionally closed”
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