EDITORIAL: United States having success in the Strait of Hormuz

Las Vegas Review-Journal August 20, 2026 - 9:00 pm A sliver of good news out of the Iran conflict: The United States has had increasing success getting oil tankers out of the Strait of Hormuz. The New York Times reported this week that, since May, the U.S. military “has played a crucial role in getting millions of barrels of oil through the strait, helping to keep oil prices from rising further.” The effort involves protecting ships as they transport “through the southern part of the strait on routes close to Oman.” Before the war, about 20 million barrels of crude oil went through the strait each day. At the start of the conflict, that number dropped to almost nothing. It is now back up to between 5 million and 10 million barrels, according to various reports. “It’s one of the surprising