Bill Maher Confused By Iran War Hurdle 1 Week After Praising Trump: 'I Don't Understand This'
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The "Real Time" host on Friday expressed bewilderment about the U.S. failing to secure the Strait of Hormuz after previously admitting support for the war.
“Real Time” host Bill Maher on Friday expressed bewilderment about multiple oil tankers getting attacked while attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, admitting one week after praising President Donald Trump for starting the Iran war, “I don’t understand this.”
“Trump says no Air Force, Iran has no Air Force, no missiles and no navy,” said Maher. “He says there’s ‘nothing left’ to bomb. Yeah, we have nothing left to bomb. Apparently, they have something left to bomb, which is the Strait of Hormuz. I don’t understand this.”
He continued, “We have complete military superiority, we’re bragging about that, except for the one place where we apparently need complete military superiority. Do you understand this? Why can’t we control the Strait of Hormuz, the one place we need to control in Iran?
His guest, Lloyd Blankfein, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, hinted at strategic advantages Iran had in the strait.
“I don’t think it takes much effort to create an obstacle on a very narrow bottleneck there, so I think they don’t have to have much firepower,” said Blankfein, adding: “It doesn’t take much to fire cheap drones and menace ships so that they don’t go through.”
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