cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/world/p/1034118/trump-says-u-s-navy-will-immediately-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-after-ceasefire-talks-end
President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would “immediately” begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement or next diplomatic steps in sight.
In his first public comments after the 21-hour talks, Trump sought to eliminate Iran’s key source of leverage in the war by exerting strategic control over the waterway that was responsible for 20% of global oil shipping before fighting began.
A U.S. blockade could further rattle global energy markets. Trump told Fox News the goal was to ensure all ships could transit: “It’s going to be all or none, and that’s the way it is.”
So they’re trying to do the Cuba strategy to Iran. A strategy that hasn’t worked for nearly 60 years. But, and stay with me here, they’re going to do it while the rest of the world relies heavily on a resource that Iran has and is willing to sell.
Like, is the plan to force the world to join the United States in invading Iran? Because, I feel like just bombing the US ships in the region is gonna be the easier play at this point. Like, is the US just gonna be sitting ducks in the strait for Iran to shoot at? That’s really the plan?