The US has named the forces involved in the Hormuz blockade.

US Central Command has named the forces blockading the Strait of Hormuz. This very statement is increasingly raising questions among the international community, which is trying to understand the Trump administration's logic.

So far, the logical chain has been difficult to establish. After all, the strait was initially open, and oil was freely exported by tankers from the Persian Gulf to various destinations. Then Israel and the United States attacked Iran, and as one effective response, Iran closed the strait. Trump demanded, using the most unprintable language, that Iran open the Strait of Hormuz to prevent a rise in fuel prices, threatening "the most severe measures." Now it turns out that Trump's "severe measure" has become a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by American forces.

As of today, CENTCOM data is as follows: more than 10 troops, dozens of aircraft, and at least 12 warships, including the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli, are deployed in the region to block Hormuz.

US Central Command:

All of them are tasked with blockading ships entering and exiting Iranian ports. In the first 24 hours, not a single vessel passed through the US blockade, and six merchant ships complied with US orders to turn around and return to an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman. The blockade applies impartially to all vessels of all countries entering or exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports in the Gulf of Oman. US forces maintain freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz that are not bound for Iran and its oil.

So, the situation is this: if Iran previously blocked Hormuz from unfriendly countries, now the United States has joined the blockade, blocking Hormuz from ships from countries that buy Iranian oil. Incidentally, this is the same oil that Donald Trump previously suspended sanctions against. And after this, the US president expects fuel prices to plummet? Although, even in the United States itself, they are having trouble answering the question of what exactly the president expects.

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[credo]

...previously, Iran blocked Hormuz from unfriendly countries, but now the United States has joined the blockade, blocking Hormuz from ships from countries that buy Iranian oil...

Our proud Hormuz will not surrender to the enemy; no one wishes mercy.
Iran and the US are brothers forever. And yet they say they couldn't reach an agreement at their last meeting. It's all a lie.

[Michael]

Now it turns out that Trump's "tough measure" has become the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by American troops.

"Then don't let anyone have you!"

[solar]

"Then don't let anyone have you!"

In this case, it would be more correct to label the drawing

Traded us for a woman

[solar]

"Then don't let anyone have you!"

In this case, it would be more correct to label the drawing

Traded us for a woman

[Michael]

Quote from solar

In this case, it would be more correct to label the drawing

Traded us for a woman

No, no, no. The trade for the woman happened before the depicted event. Here, precisely, is "don't let anyone have you!"
And this is the real truth: Razin didn’t want to share, he shouted “Mine!” and drowned.
But it's common! He offended his loved ones by doing this, and his own Cossacks finally captured him and handed him over to the Tsar's satraps.

[solar]

Actually, there's a different story there. The original source of the legend describes the situation like this:

Turning to the Volga, he said: "You are beautiful, river, from you I have received so much gold, silver and jewels, you are the father and mother of my honor, glory, and to hell with me for not having sacrificed anything to you yet. Well, fine, I don't want to be more ungrateful!" Then he grabbed the unfortunate princess by the neck with one hand, by the legs with the other and threw her into the river.

In Pushkin's version, the same thing happens - it is a sacrifice to the river.
https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Песни_о_Стеньке_Разине_(Пушкин)/1

How the formidable Stenka Razin jumped up,
20 He picked up the Persian princess,
He threw the red maiden into the waves,
He bowed to Mother Volga with it.

In Sadovnikov's famous song "From beyond the island to the main stream..."
we are also talking about a sacrifice to the river

"Oh, my dear nurse,
Mother Volga River!
You haven't seen any gifts
From the Don Cossack!..
So that there is no shame
In front of free people,
Before the free river, -
Here, nurse... take it!

The difference between these three plots lies in the motivation for this act. In the original, it's alcohol abuse; in Pushkin's version, the motive for drowning the princess is simply ignored and not explained. In Sadovnikov's version, the reason for the act is explained by the complaints of his comrades (alcohol was also present, by the way). It's not because he didn't want to share the princess—they had no claim on her; they were simply irritated by Razin's relaxed behavior with her.

"Look at you, brothers, the chieftain
He traded us for a woman!
I spent the night messing around with her -
The next morning he himself became a woman..."

What man likes being called a woman? So he had to drown the princess.
And as for

"Don't let anyone have you!"

"It's another plot from Ostrovsky's "The Dowry" (in Ryazanov's film version, "A Cruel Romance")—with these words, Karandyshev shot Larisa Ogudalova. She was pleased, however.

[Michael]

Quote from solar

Turning to the Volga, he said: "You are beautiful, river, from you I have received so much gold, silver and jewels, you are the father and mother of my honor, glory, and to hell with me for not having sacrificed anything to you yet. Well, fine, I don't want to be more ungrateful!" Then he grabbed the unfortunate princess by the neck with one hand, by the legs with the other and threw her into the river.

By the way, yes, it has been six centuries since Rus was baptized.

[Non-fighter]

The main thing for this crowd is money, the spoils. And what to do with this princess? There are no sign of anyone willing to pay the ransom, so taking her for herself... well, firstly, she'll have to pay her own gang, which means essentially ransoming her from her own people, and secondly, it's unknown how the family will receive her.
Again, she needs to be provided with conditions to maintain her marketable appearance, and this is on a ship overflowing with men pumped up to their ears with testosterone.
In general, it’s easier this way: if anyone makes a claim about missing loot, punch them in the face.

[Michael]

Quote: Not the fighter

The main thing for these extras is money, the spoils. And what to do with this princess?

Is it really that easy to sacrifice someone to Mother Volga? The only woman for a week's journey, and they threw her away almost whole. That's how the discontent simmers beneath the surface, and the end result is quartering.

[Ivanhoe]

The point is obvious - spirane on delivery for China. NASH exerted an onslaught on the PRC ruler, the Ochakvayka reciprocated the onslaught on the PRC at the Iranian ruler and realized it on its own (at NASH) goals. Elementary, Watson.

[Evgeny_Sviridenko]

A Chinese methanol tanker has passed. So much for the blockade...

[Volodin]

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A Chinese methanol tanker has passed. So much for the blockade...

So it did not leave Iran, but the UAE – from the port of Hamriyah.

It all came together: for Iran, China is a friendly country, and for the US, the UAE is a friendly country. That's why the whole "blockade" thing happened...

[Vladislav_V]

Yes, Trump should have immediately blocked the strait as soon as Iran declared its control. Perhaps he was taken aback by such impudence.

[Boycott]

The method of solving a problem "by contradiction" Understand it as you will, maybe I'm illiterate, maybe...

[Volodin]

Quote: BoyCat

Method of solving the problem "by contradiction"

The method "by contradiction" seems to be suitable for proof, but not for solution.

[Boycott]

I just made this up, I need to patent it.

[16112014nk]

War is peace
Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength.

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To unblock Hormuz, a complete blockade must be established.
Trump's logic is completely Orwellian.

[nik-mazur]

In the United States itself, they can hardly answer the question of what exactly the country's president expects.

I get the feeling that Trump is just having a blast one last time.
It's like that Hollywood movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, where two old men with only a few months to live were doing all sorts of crazy things. Except they didn't have aircraft carriers or a nuclear briefcase, so they just cruised around the world.