Three reasons the US shouldn’t use Marines to guard commercial vessels from Iran

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The threat posed by Iran to civilian shipping, in particular from its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is real and unacceptable. Still, it would be a mistake for the Biden administration to deploy U.S. military personnel to guard commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

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