So, we've got two carrier battle groups in the Persian gulf

Pirates running wild in the Gulf of Aden

A successful test run on closing the Suez.

All they gotta do now is bottle up Gibraltar and China can roll on Taiwan.

China would have demanded her territory as the price of participation the the larger plan.

When they sink an oil tanker of something else toxic and block access to the Atlantic, we'll know it's on.

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/carrier-uss-eisenhower-enters-persian-gulf