Agree!  Time to add to prevention by starting to get assets in place? Pete Peter Burdett,   Cell:  603-738-0168 CDR, USN(ret) On Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 08:20:01 PM EDT, Marc Liebman <marc@marcliebman.com> wrote: https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-october-8-2025...   I don’t know what they are smoking in Tehran, but trying to close the Straits of Hormuz with this administration in power might not get the Mullahs what they want.   Marc Liebman https://www.marcliebman.com https://www.facebook.com/marcliebmanauthor/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_sDoFQM5wupNaCeGIvKL1g   Author of: Cherubs 2                                                        Raider of the Scottish Coast                 Big Mother 40                                                 Carronade Render Harmless                                         Death of a Lady Forgotten                                                         Last Battles Inner Look                                                       For a Few Francs Moscow Airlift                                              Predators The Simushir Island Incident                Flight of the Pawnee Failure to Fire                                                  Insidious Dragon The Red Star of Death   Member of: The Author’s Guild                                    Military Writers Society of America Association of Texas Authors              North American Snowsport Journalists Association --    _______________________________________________ Helobubbas mailing list -- helobubbas@helobubbas.com To unsubscribe send an email to helobubbas-leave@helobubbas.com