Maps can be so misleading. It looks like a dredging operation in Omani waters could alleviate this, if we'd started decades ago.
Moving to a topographic view, it becomes clear the neck of land at "two seas view" is narrow, but tall. It would literally be moving a mountain.
Panamax and suezmax boats are smaller than ULCC supertankers.
Ferdinand De Lesseps time has passed. This would be ruinously expensive. Better to negotiate with rational intent.
It always amazed me they made ships that just fit the Panama canal. I went though the locks years ago, it was quite a trip (and how a friend got met to go on a cruise)
> This would be ruinously expensive.
I bet it could have been done with the money spent on the "war"