Das Pentagon verlegt zusätzliche Marinesoldaten und Kriegsschiffe in den Nahen Osten

For the people that will say this is indicative of a ground invasion of Iran, a force this size could hold an island or two in the Persian Gulf, but wouldn’t be anywhere near enough to take meaningful territory in mainland Iran.

What would be the ramification of a Kharg Island occupation?

90% of Iran’s oil exports rely on the island. Would the US cut off their oil exports entirely? Take a cut of the oil and still allow exports to China? They can’t really take over the Iranian oil industry since Iran can simply stop pumping.

I guess the plan would be to hold the island and wait for Iran to go bankrupt? Iran could hammer the island with drones but they probably wouldn’t want to risk the destruction of their own oil infrastructure.