larry discovers that he's right and cheeto isn't, via the cia, his old outfit; 

 

Until recently I had serious concerns that my old outfit, i.e., the CIA, was failing to do its job in providing accurate analysis to the President. Looks like my concerns were misplaced. While there have been a few occasions in the history of the CIA that the analysts told the then active administration what they believed the President wanted to hear, the more common problem is that the CIA analysts rain on the President’s parade and their analysis is ignored. That appears to be the case now with Iran.

Before delving into what the CIA has been saying about the war in Iran, I want to direct your attention to the recent statement of the Chief of Naval Operations — Daryl Caudle — on the Strait of Hormuz:

If we go try to do escorts — we have looked into that. That’s a very challenging mission in that narrow strait when it’s contested.

We’re gonna have to get to a place where that strait is open with a generally accepted ceasefire before that can be turned on en masse.

Providing escort services through a contested strait will, in my military opinion, exceed the capacity of the Navy to do that effectively.

The good Admiral confirms what I have been saying for several weeks, i.e., the US does not have a viable military option to eliminate Iran’s ability to stop ships from transiting the the Strait without permission from Iranian authorities...........more.........