Rand Paul Says Securing Strait Of Hormuz Needs Hundreds Of Thousands Of Troops

Speaking on Bloomberg's Balance of Power, the Kentucky senator said Tehran already knows no such deployment is coming.

Paul said securing the Strait of Hormuz outright would take 'a couple hundred thousand troops.'
He said President Trump is not inclined to order that scale of deployment.
He said Iran's leaders already know that ground force will not arrive.

Why it matters: Deterrence works only if the adversary believes the price will be paid, and Tehran has priced that already.

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