Escalation to protect shipping, or pressure that imperils the strait?
After attacks on merchant vessels, the US hit targets inside Iran, Iran struck US-linked bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, sanctions tightened, and Trump declared the ceasefire over at a NATO summit.
After three merchant vessels were hit near the Strait of Hormuz, the United States struck targets inside Iran; Tehran answered with missile and drone attacks on USlinked sites in Bahrain and Kuwait...