Rubio Downplays Damage To US From Closure Of Strait Of Hormuz
Secretary of State Marco Rubio thinks we're all idiots. Lil' Marco made an appearance on Sean Hannity's show on Fox this Tuesday, and the two of them did their best to downplay the economic damage that Trump and Bibi's attack on Iran is causing for the United States.
HANNITY: Let's talk about the Strait of Hormuz. 20 percent of the world's oil supply passes through there on a daily basis. You have steadfastly said they will not be allowed to have a tolling system where they get to charge countries to pass through. Millions of dollars, number one. And number two, this is about the free flow of oil at market prices.
This is critical to the world's economy, obviously. Not so much the American economy. And that brings up the issue of NATO, which I'll get to in a second.
How important and how do you determine whether or not that it will be okay for US forces to withdraw, knowing and having confidence that the strait will be open for the free flow of oil?
RUBIO: Well, the Strait of Hormuz, those are international waters, right? So anything Iran does to impede commercial traffic is illegal.
For all these countries that love to talk about international law, it is a violation of international maritime law to impede the free flow of travel in international waters.