Fox guest argues against taking Kharg Island: “I'm not sure what the benefit is there”
Bob McNally: We'd see a “big price increase” and “general escalation in violence” if the US seized Kharg Island
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From the June 11, 2026, edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom
DANA PERINO (ANCHOR): What I'm curious about is, would that make a big difference from your perspective on oil prices globally and gas prices here at home?
BOB MCNALLY (GUEST): Well, I think if we seized Kharg Island we would have a general escalation in violence. Iran would go back to hitting critical infrastructure in neighboring countries, attacking ships in Hormuz, and we would do the same against it. So we'd have a big price increase. I don't know of a military expert who believes we need to seize Kharg Island. We are already blocking the oil that comes from Kharg Island so Iran is getting no benefit from that. And seizing it, I'm not sure what the benefit. There are smaller islands Dana, that we would want to seize if we want to prevent Iran from threatening those ships. They have assets, radars and so forth. But Kharg Island, I'm not sure what the benefit is there.