Marine Corps veteran & policy expert explains rapid-response deployment amid Iran conflict

The United States is deploying about 2,500 Marines to the Middle East as the war with Iran enters a new phase centered on the Strait of Hormuz.

Attacks on shipping have disrupted one of the world’s most critical oil routes.

The Marines are part of a rapid-response force aimed at protecting shipping and countering Iranian attacks in the Gulf.

Col. Mark Cancian, a senior adviser at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies who spent three decades in the U.S. Marine Corps, joined us on The Morning Show to explain why he believes the main goal of these Marines is to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.