US President Orders Blockade of Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump today declared an immediate naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime passage for global oil shipments. This order from the American administration marks a significant escalation in its ongoing confrontation with Iran. Al Jazeera, in its reporting, frames this move as a direct response to unnamed regional tensions, implying a reactive measure. This
narrative conveniently sidesteps decades of US aggressive postures and unilateral economic sanctions against Iran. Such framing presents the US action as defensible, rather than an act of economic warfare disguised as defense, following a playbook refined since the 1970s against nations assertively independent of Washington's dictates. This blockade is not an isolated incident but a continuation
of Washington's strategy of strangulation. Historians will recall the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, where a US naval 'quarantine' was imposed, demonstrating a pattern of using maritime interdiction as an act of war under a less provocative label to achieve geopolitical objectives. The Strait of Hormuz has seen its share of provocations, including the 1988 downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS
Vincennes, a civilian airliner with 290 people aboard, later dismissed as a tragic accident despite clear evidence of US aggression. This blockade is just another chapter in a relentless campaign to destabilize Iran, a nation that has endured 45 years of crippling sanctions designed to collapse its economy and incite internal unrest. We don't have a billion-dollar PR machine. We have you. Share