Is it because Oman is conveniently on the other of the strait? Or does Oman and Iran have better relations than I thought?
Both but also Oman didn’t host any aggression atracks against Iran as far as I know.
Would Oman have any way of attacking Iran if they wanted to? I’m extremely ignorant of current Omani events and capabilities. I just know that at one point, Oman owned both sides of the strait (around 1830 or 40s iirc.)
My Oman knowledge is also bad but Oman has a US base which they must have disallowed the use of for the US to bomb Iran. Don’t take that as a fact though. I’m not sure either.
That made me do a double take too. Normally to levy tolls on ships you need to go to war with the US and/or Israel (like Panama, Egypt, Iran, etc.).
EDIT: Turns out there are many canals which don’t serve as maritime chokepoints and which did not involve any major wars.
retarded states of America military genius on a nutshell:
