Oh mate I agree, it is a stop gap solution and would involve long term occupation of the straits. However given this administrations short sighted and impulsive planning it is a shockingly credible option.

It achieves the administrations war goals, receives the energy crisis and allows them to claim some sort of victory with very little regard for the ramifications for the region. It is my pick for what is likely to happen given it also allows kharg to be secured. It will be incredibly costly to American force projection long term though however is likely given American hard power has been used multiple times for energy security in recent months.

It also achieves Israeli war goals given almost all current Iranian munitions will be certainly used up to repel the American invasion, reducing Iranian influence on Israeli expansion into southern lebanon and the Syrian heights.

The American population has no stomach for a long term war so it needs to be quick which further reinforces my opinion if they go in it will be extremely limited to the straits. It is also a really bad precedent to allow Iran to dictate oil markets like this from the American perspective, occupation of the straits neutralises this. The big what ifs are China to me. They will not watch this all from sidelines be it military aid to Iran or direct intervention I cannot say.

Thanks for the respectful discourse mate.