alt Hacker NewsGoogle: straight of hormuz 2026 closure timeline
Graciously, "if the US was there or not" is a reference to the US navy being near/in the straight of hormuz.
Google: straight of hormuz 2026 closure timeline
Graciously, "if the US was there or not" is a reference to the US navy being near/in the straight of hormuz.
The strait was open with no tolls before the Israel/US attacks. Everyone with a brain and a modicum of imagination (except Trump, apparently) knew for decades that Iran had the latent capability to close the strait, and hence preferred either a diplomatic resolutions or a defacto detente.