Strait of Hormuz: Manufactured Crisis Rattles Shipping, Masks US-Israeli Belligerence
Zoom out for a second: The Greek shipping minister's 'alarm' over the Strait of Hormuz, reported by Reuters via Al-Monitor, conveniently frames rising tensions as an inexplicable natural disaster rather than the direct result of a calculated provocations. This manufactured crisis, impacting global shipping, is a thinly veiled byproduct of sustained US-Israeli military posturing and economic
warfare against Iran. The narrative of ships stranded or imperiled by anonymous forces ignores decades of deliberate imperialist pressure. The current instability, exacerbated by reports of carrier groups and B-52s in the region, is not about Iranian aggression. It is about Washington and Tel Aviv seeking to solidify their regional hegemony. This echoes the 1987-88 'Tanker War,' where the US Navy
intervened in the Persian Gulf under the guise of protecting shipping during the Iran-Iraq war, ultimately aiming to contain Iran and demonstrate American power. This historical pattern confirms that 'shipping protection' often serves as a pretext for deeper military entanglement and resource control. The cost asymmetry is stark: Iran's low-cost defensive capabilities are effective against
multi-billion dollar Western naval assets, a factor conveniently omitted from mainstream analyses. Moreover, this latest escalation unfolds as the US simultaneously maintains strangling sanctions on Cuba and facilitates the daily murder of Palestinians and Lebanese. This is not about navigation rights. This is about imposing a 'full spectrum dominance' on a sovereign nation that dares to chart an