The alternative is a world where Iran can threaten a major share of the world’s oil flow whenever it wants attention.
The alternative is a world where every hostile regime learns the same lesson:
Find a chokepoint.
Militarize it.
Wait for the West to panic.
That world means higher oil prices, frightened shipping firms, hostage economies, dead sailors, nervous allies, emboldened enemies, and a global order that keeps apologizing while it is being dismantled.
That is not peace.
That is managed humiliation.