US General Admits Iran Controls Strait, Reveals Two-Week 'Ceasefire' with Washington
This was buried in a Friday evening document dump: Retired US Army General Jack Keane, on a recent Fox News appearance, publicly downplayed a previously undisclosed two-week 'ceasefire' agreement between the United States and Iran. Keane stated that Iran was "very much in control" of the situation, specifically noting their ability to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. His framing suggests this
leverage was instrumental in halting larger hostilities, revealing a direct engagement and de-escalation effort by Washington that mainstream media rarely reports transparently. What The Hill’s coverage, like much of the corporate press, omits is the US's consistent pattern of denying direct military involvement with Iran, even as its forces operate within striking distance and participate in what
are clearly joint operations with Israel. Here, Keane's statement casually unveils a direct, high-level diplomatic and military understanding between Washington and Tehran, far beyond the ‘proxy conflict’ narrative often spun. The mention of Iran's control over a vital global chokepoint like the Strait of Hormuz isn't a mere observation; it underscores the operational realities that dictate US
foreign policy, realities that are routinely obscured from public view. This isn't the first time US officials have inadvertently, or perhaps intentionally, divulged the true nature of their engagements. Consider the shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988 by the USS Vincennes, killing 290 civilians, almost half of them children. The US initially claimed self-defense in international waters, a