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RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Iran has not been very aggressive with their own military. With their proxies yes, but not with their own. Even though they knew in theory they could control Hormuz now, they were unlikely to take the initiative to do so until triggered by existential necessity. What they are doing by asserting such strong coastal state rights is quite the pioneering experiment that would have gone over far more badly in the maritime world had they themselves initiated war to conduct it.Their cont ...