War is ugly.
War is expensive.
War is dangerous.
Every serious person knows that.
But there is something worse than war.
Surrender.
And that is exactly what the world has been drifting toward in the Strait of Hormuz: surrender to Iranian coercion, surrender to maritime blackmail, surrender to a regime that has learned, again and again, that if it threatens the oil artery of the world, everyone suddenly becomes polite, nervous, and weak.
President Trump is right to reject that weakness.
