U.S.-Iran war evolves into naval standoff over Strait of Hormuz after both countries seize ships

Ship happens

Both sides are blocking the strait to prevent the other side from blocking the strait.

Before he got fired….

Meh, no great loss there... >Phelan had no military experience prior to his appointment by President Donald Trump in March 2025. He is a major art collector and Republican donor who has led private investment firms. [source](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/22/navy-secretary-john-phelan-iran-war.html)

He was a wealthy Trump donator with no military experience, who obviously authorized illegal boat strikes. No loss. Not that his replacement is any better, total nutter but at least has military experience.

Eh, that suggests this is worse than what was going on before. Which was intense bombing all over the region. This is more like just a change as this conflict, yes, evolves into a new phase. I hate all of it but this is better than bombs and missiles every which way.

That implies that whatever conflict existed before was either larger or more structured than the current situation.

Not just who seizes more ships, but who gets the most upvotes and retweets. 

Yes, didn’t we just pass Trump’s 2-3 week window for this war to end?

hey don’t insult mangoes okay

There's plenty of oil on the high seas it's just not going through the straight.

Iran can’t afford to sit down and wait for too long, their economy will collapse if they can’t sell oil in a couple of weeks. Oil production on Kharg island will stop without export, and their oil facilities will implode. The blockade of Iranian ports and seizure of Iranian oil tankers is a good strategy to force the mullahs to cut a deal that includes abandoning nuclear weapons, toll free Hormuz, limit on ballistic missiles and no more funding for proxies. China would rather put pressure on the mullahs to take a deal than confront the US navy.

That’s a false flag waiting to happen.

Then they would leave control of the strait to the Iranians. And they then have hold over the global economy. There is no good resolution. The best would be if Cheetolini wasn't stupid enough to start this.