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I don't understand, what does "take" even mean here?

I mean, as long as Iran has missiles hiding somewhere in the mountains, they can let you "take" the strait, only to wipe out the first actual oil tanker that attempts to cross.

It's like terrorism, you can't even stop it from happening in a country that you completely "control". But now we're talking about "taking" the strait that's in the shadow of a bunch of suspicious mountains?

IMO this is jaw exercise...