Seth Cropsey on the decrease in American seapower under Obama, the difference between freedom of navigation and innocent passage, Iranian contempt to the United States, and the strategic significance of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
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This photograph shows a Dassault Rafale aircraft parked on the tarmac of the French Air and Space Force Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, France, on March 18, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)