It is WAR, and the Strait of Hormuz is rapidly becoming the choke point through which the economic consequences will spread. Reuters reported that only SIX vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. The Strait of Hormuz is not merely about crude oil. Reuters reported separately that weekly oil exports through the Strait recently fell to about 3 million barrels per day from 4.4 million. Europe spent years destroying its relationship with Russia and restructuring its energy supply under the assumption that replacement energy could simply be purchased somewhere else.