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*The kinetic strikes against three [[commercial]] tankers operating without [[Iranian]] clearance confirm that [[Tehran]] exercises operational control over the [[Strait of Hormuz]]. Despite [[Aircraft carrier|carrier]] deployment announcements by [[CENTCOM]], commercial [[insurance|insurer]]s have suspended coverage for [[crude oil|crude]] liftings through the strait, leaving global [[energy]] [[market]]s facing [[supply]] cuts that [[Western]] [[SPR|strategic petroleum reserve]]s cannot offset.

*The kinetic strikes against three [[commercial]] tankers operating without [[Iranian]] clearance confirm that [[Tehran]] exercises operational control over the [[Strait of Hormuz]]. Despite [[Aircraft carrier|carrier]] deployment announcements by [[CENTCOM]], commercial [[insurance|insurer]]s have suspended coverage for [[crude oil|crude]] liftings through the strait, leaving global [[energy]] [[market]]s facing [[supply]] cuts that [[Western]] [[SPR|strategic petroleum reserve]]s cannot offset.

:[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has a plan for [[Iran]]. According to a source close to the [[White House]], the plan is to seize one or more of Iran’s islands in the [[Persian Gulf]]. Senator [[Chris Murphy]], who says he has been briefed on what the administration intends to do after Tuesday’s [[2026 Midterms|midterms]], summed it up this week in four words: “their plan is [[insane]].”  

:[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has a plan for [[Iran]]. According to a source close to the [[White House]], the plan is to seize one or more of Iran’s islands in the [[Persian Gulf]]. Senator [[Chris Murphy]], [https://youtu.be/LqQkWC-vexg who says he has been briefed on what the administration intends to do] after Tuesday’s [[2026 Midterms|midterms]], summed it up this week in four words: “their plan is [[insane]].”  

:Iranian defense planners have completed targeting packages designating an estimated $2.5 to $3 trillion in regional [[energy]] [[infrastructure]], municipal desalination facilities, and underwater fiber-optic trunk cables spanning the [[Persian Gulf]] floor. Should the [[White House]] authorize the planned post-[[election]] air campaign, [[Tehran]]’s doctrine of [[asymmetric warfare|asymmetric]] mutual [[escalation]] guarantees the destruction of the [[economic]] foundation of the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]] (GCC) states.

:Iranian defense planners have completed targeting packages designating an estimated $2.5 to $3 trillion in regional [[energy]] [[infrastructure]], municipal desalination facilities, and underwater fiber-optic trunk cables spanning the [[Persian Gulf]] floor. Should the [[White House]] authorize the planned post-[[election]] air campaign, [[Tehran]]’s doctrine of [[asymmetric warfare|asymmetric]] mutual [[escalation]] guarantees the destruction of the [[economic]] foundation of the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]] (GCC) states.