Al Jazeera asked whether Iran can enforce a restricted zone in the Strait of Hormuz. [1] The question is the news. The map is still missing. Print the question. Do not print a boarded strait.

This paper already printed coming days without a chart. Coming remains the tense. CENTCOM's 94 is a count, not a polygon. Leave a named chart to the edition that owns a named chart. Print blank. Print the question.

Print the question. Monday is not a closed Hormuz. That is still the zone entry on record. Al Jazeera's question is still a question, not a chart. Print blank as Monday's named map word. Ninety-four redirected on the prior page is still not a polygon. Unmapped zones constrain no captain; traffic continues. Monday's strait stays open.

An announced zone with no coordinates constrains no captain. Ninety-four redirected hulls are traffic, not territory. Monday's map stays blank until someone draws it.

Blank maps invite drawings; Monday's invites none yet. Drawings need capitals. Captains sail on.

Captains sail on; Monday's announced zone still has no coordinates. Traffic continues. Blank charts constrain nobody.

Monday's strait stays open. Ninety-four hulls are traffic. Drawings need capitals.

Enforceability is the question Al Jazeera put on the strait, not a boarded waterway. No named chart exists, so coming days stays the tense. A redirection count cannot replace coordinates. Captains are sailing an unpublished announcement.
A redirection count cannot replace coordinates. Coming days stays the tense. Captains are sailing an unpublished announcement.

A redirection count cannot replace coordinates. Coming days stays the tense. Monday still has no named chart.

-- YOSEF STERN, Jerusalem