CIRCLE WITH A DOT

US issues new Strait of Hormuz guidance: ships must verbally refuse Iranian boarding but offer no resistance. This creates a perfect incident trap: an Iranian seizure becomes an act of "aggression" against a compliant vessel, manufacturing a clean casus belli. A deliberate provocation risking global economic shock.#geopolitics #security #oil

@i47i The US may soon get some competition from the Chinese. They have more naval vessels, and all their civilian vessels are built to military standards, their capacity to build ships is about 10x what the US can now muster, and that oil was likely bound for China. The Chinese have long memories.