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O'Reilly: Pentagon not war-gaming Strait of Hormuz a strategic error

The Hill · Jun 23, 2026, 2:06 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Commentator Bill O'Reilly on Monday said the Pentagon's strategic error in the Iran war is that it did not war-game the possibility of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz. "Once major error by the Pentagon is they did not war game the Strait of Hormuz. I can't explain it; nobody knows why they didn't,

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O'Reilly: Pentagon not war-gaming Strait of Hormuz a strategic error

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