正如贵报社论《霍尔木兹的民主替代方案》（10月16日）所强调的，一些人已准备好承认失败，将霍尔木兹海峡拱手让给伊朗伊斯兰共和国。
As your editorial highlights in “The Democratic Hormuz Alternative” (Oct. 16), some are ready to declare defeat and hand the Strait of Hormuz to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
但在争夺霍尔木兹海峡的斗争中，潮流开始转向——得益于美军。美军正出色地同时执行两项任务：对伊朗实施海上封锁，并促进非伊朗石油经霍尔木兹海峡出口。
But the tide is beginning to turn in the battle for the Strait of Hormuz—thanks to the U.S. military. It is performing two tasks superbly and simultaneously: the implementing of a naval blockade of Iran and facilitating the export of non-Iran oil through the Strait of Hormuz.