The Blockade and the Panic
The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly one-third of global maritime oil trade. So the US is basically choosing the nuclear option but framing it as a blockade. They’re not threatening Iran’s economy—they’re threatening everyone’s. Which means everyone should be furious with the US. Which means no one will be, because everyone needs the US more than Iran does.
It would seem that all time exists at once. Curiously, we don’t perceive it that way. The blockade isn’t a strategy. It’s a panic attack dressed in military language.