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They talk of blockades and international law. Words. Empty wind. This Pezeshkian, he speaks of failure. The American admiral, he speaks of efficacy. They stand on two sides of a river, shouting. Neither one is moving.

A blockade is a wall. A wall can be climbed, or it can be gone around. Or it can be broken. The question is not if the wall is there. The question is who wants to get to the other side more. And what they are willing to do.

I have seen walls. I have seen dogs. I have seen men with guns. They say it cannot be done. They say the path is closed. But the path is never closed if the will is strong enough. You find another path. You go at night. You find the weak point. You make a new weak point.

This talk of “doomed to fail” or “efficacy.” It is the talk of men who have not had to walk the dark road themselves. They sit and debate the map. I walk the land. The oil will move if the need is great enough. The need is always great enough. The north star does not move. The purpose does not change. The route does. Always.