Tag Archives: Straits of Hormuz

“Critics of administration have predictably dismissed the reverse blockade move as a desperate effort to regain leverage over Tehran. In truth, the strategy is anything but spontaneous”

Posted on April 16, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

FORBES Trump’s Hormuz Blockade Has Been Planned For Years Ilan Berman April 15, 2026 …A decade-and-a-half ago, while on a visit to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in Tampa, Florida, I had a candid exchange with a senior military official deeply … Continue reading →

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Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz, reportedly: “Israel is providing intelligence and other unspecified operations to the US-led naval mission protecting ships in the Strait of Hormuz”

Posted on August 7, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Report: Israel involved in US-led naval mission in Strait of Hormuz by I24News, Israel Hayom Staff August 7, 2019 Sources in the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz, speaking during a closed-door … Continue reading →

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The Marshall Islands’ cautionary tale

Posted on May 2, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

CAROLINEGLICK.COM May 1, 2015 On Tuesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps forcibly commandeered the Maersk Tigris as navigated its way through the Straits of Hormuz. Iran controls the strategic waterway through which 40 percent of seaborne oil and a quarter … Continue reading →

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