A big factor the author ignored, is this potential “strategy” he speculates no longer works in a multi-polar world, especially when there is a thing called Chin

A big factor the author ignored, is this potential “strategy” he speculates no longer works in a multi-polar world, especially when there is a thing called China. It is not exactly true if reopening Hormuz is simply a will of US or not. The damage of loosing even 1 carrier is much much higher than 20 years ago because of this. But US force itself to play this unfavorable game that its enemies can not even dream about.