The U.S. and Iran are trading blows while the world's oil throat is shut
So, the Strait of Hormuz is officially blocked, the U.S. is trading heavy airstrikes with Iran, and somehow Kuwait's drinking water got caught in the crossfire.
The global energy highway is currently a parking lot. Iran and the U.S. have locked down the Strait of Hormuz in a mutual blockade, and things are getting extremely loud. CENTCOM decided to go all out with fighter jets, drones, and warships, turning Iranian military sites and underground weapons storage into fireworks.
Naturally, Iran decided to hit back, but instead of targeting American warships directly, they went after Kuwait. They blew up a massive desalination plant and an oil facility there. Kuwait gets ninety percent of its drinking water from desalination, which is a pretty wild way to say they are trying to make an entire desert country run out of water.
Meanwhile, Jordan casually shot down ten Iranian missiles that wandered into their airspace. Just a normal Saturday air-defense sweep.
Down in Lebanon, things aren't much better with Israel ramping up drone strikes, while Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is packing his bags for Washington to meet with Donald Trump.
Staging a naval blockade in the middle of the world's most sensitive oil shipping lane is definitely one way to test how much a gallon of gas can actually cost.
Source: The New York Times
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