WASHINGTON - For decades, one of the reliable nightmare scenarios for the world has been the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. In the Cold War era those charged with coming up with worst-case scenarios would conjure up a southward push by the Soviet Union to seize control of Persian Gulf oil fields and restrict the export of oil through the Gulf. In more recent years that threat was transferred to Iraq and Iran. Such scenarios caused president Jimmy Carter to famously announce the Carter Doctrine on January 23, 1980, "Let our position be absolutely clear: an attempt by any...
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