Keep pulling the thread on Mark Esper.
Iran recently threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz again, but has not yet taken action.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran provides for sanction-free oil sales and the unfreezing of assets for the country.
Israel's strategic goals include achieving regime change in Iran.
Israel considers Iran and Hezbollah to be existential threats.
Hezbollah is continuing to attack Israeli soldiers and communities in northern Israel.
Mark Esper predicts that Iran could use funds from unfrozen assets and oil sales to rearm Hezbollah.
Iran possesses the largest and most diverse stockpile of ballistic missiles in the Middle East.
Mark Esper views China as the greatest strategic threat facing the United States in this generation.
U.S. Central Command reported on Friday that 55 ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
The pre-war level of daily ship transit through the Strait of Hormuz was between 135 and 150 ships.
Mark Esper believes Lebanon is a potential spoiler to the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Iran.
According to Mark Esper, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran contains only one paragraph that addresses the nuclear program.