Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, said Iran launched an attack against the American naval and commercial vessels that passed through the strait, leading the U.S. to destroy six Iranian small boats. (Iran’s state-run news outlets have denied that its boats were destroyed and claimed no commercial vessels have crossed through the strait recently.)

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, admiral. I have a lot of trouble believing that any commercial shipping company wanted to join you in this idiotic exercise.