# Why do we have to take the initiative in the Strait of Hormuz? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-take-the-initiative-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/607818 "2011-12-30T09:16:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-take-the-initiative-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/607818/41 "2011-12-31T20:01:02Z")
Where Iran is concerned, I fear that mission creep _is_ the mission. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-take-the-initiative-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/607818/42 "2011-12-31T22:37:36Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Where Iran is concerned, I fear that mission creep _is_ the mission. The mission is to weaken the Iranian government (both political and religious) to the point where a Persian Spring can succeed, without causing major disruptions to the world’s oil supply. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-take-the-initiative-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/607818/43 "2011-12-31T22:39:48Z")
An article from the Fox News website says that Iran has backed off on their threat to close the strait. I’ll post a link once a news site decides to say the same thing. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-take-the-initiative-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/607818.md?page=2)