GOP Rep. Turner Says U.S. Military Troops Not ‘Necessary’ to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) revealed that he does not believe U.S. military ground troops will be “necessary” in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as Operation Epic Fury continues in Iran.

During an interview on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, Turner was asked by host George Stephanopoulos if it was realistic to think that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen “naturally” or if it would take “ground troops.”

“In any conflict, certainly, Iran is going to have some things that they’re going to be able to do, during the conflict — but, if you don’t undertake the conflict, if you just step back and watch, as the Obama administration was going to do while Iran became a nuclear power, and they became North Korea, we wouldn’t be looking at the Strait of Hormuz,” Turner said.

When asked again by Stephanopoulos if the Strait of Hormuz can “be reopened without American