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The Strait of Hormuz and Kharg Island: How America Intends to Win This War

CONFLICTED

An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.

All eyes are on the Strait of Hormuz and Kharg Island as the United States and its allies struggle to wrest full control of the Arabo-Persian Gulf from the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Aimen and Thomas lay out the whole story of this geostrategically vital region, from ancient times all the way up to this very morning—explaining why this war is happening, and how it is almost certainly to end. 

Aimen and Thomas discuss:

 How the Strait of Hormuz caused Noah's Flood

 The medieval Kingdom of Hormuz

 How the Gulf is always caught up in the Iranian plateau's endless boom-and-bust political cycle 

 How Europeans staked a claim on Hormuz in 1507—and never really left

 The fact that the U.S. did indeed go into this war with a plan for Hormuz

 How the U.S. will take Kharg Island—and what they will do with it

 The ingenuity of Gulf Arab leadership in planning workarounds for the eventuality of the Strait being closed

 How European powers and other allies are really contributing to the war effort

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Produced and edited by Thomas Small.
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