Hormuz Hype: Who Profits From Stirring the Strait's Waters?
Let's follow the trail. Every time tensions flare in the Strait of Hormuz, western media outlets rush to declare global energy supply under threat, conveniently overlooking who benefits from the rising tides of paranoia. We're told Iran is the aggressor, disrupting the free flow of oil, while US carrier groups and B-52s loiter provocatively, not as peacekeepers, but as escalators-in-waiting, ready
to defend 'international waters' that Iran views as its rightful maritime domain. This narrative carefully omits the 1988 downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes, killing 290 civilians, a stark reminder of America’s violent posture in the region, which was never sanctioned or meaningfully investigated. The current hullabaloo around Hormuz, where roughly 20% of the world's oil transits,
serves a predictable purpose. Oil prices surge, lining the pockets of speculators and fossil fuel corporations. Defense budgets swell, much to the delight of military-industrial complex titans like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, who thrive on perpetual geopolitical instability. The US, which already imposes suffocating sanctions on Iran 1953 CIA coup, then betrays the JCPOA, then demonizes the
Iranian government for building a nuclear program when it has a total arsenal of ZERO, all to its sovereign claim to its resources. Such double standards are routinely ignored. This is not about safeguarding trade routes; it's about manufacturing consent for continuous military presence and economic strangulation. The US and its allies, including Israel, maintain a belligerent stance, threatening