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by gherkinnn 23 days ago
> regardless if US was there or not it would have happened

Sources please. The war initiated by US and Israel motivated Iran put pressure on the US by closing the strait and attacking the regional US allies.
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Supermancho 23 days ago
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.

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overfeed 23 days ago
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.
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