Pentagon Considers Armed Protection For Oil Tankers In Strait Of Hormuz

The Pentagon is pursuing strategic ways to prevent further seizures of international vessels by Iran's military, particularly in and near the vital Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf region. There's been a series of tit-for-tat tanker seizures of late between Tehran and Washington, as the US attempts crude oil sanctions enforcement against Iran. And now the US is mulling more drastic action, with The Associated Press reporting Thursday, "The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling…