Blinken, former US Secretary of State: We have no choice but to pay Iran a ransom for the Strait of Hormuz.
The Strait of Hormuz, which was not an issue at all before the start of the conflict, has now become a crisis to think about, and the solution is almost certainly to make concessions to Iran.
I personally hate doing such a thing, but there is no other way and this is the reality; We have to pay a ransom that is not called a ransom.