It has also used it to further expand what is already a global maritime blockade being illegally imposed on Russia, Iran, and ultimately China (and will expand to include any nation in between as this global conflict escalates).

A recent illegal seizure by the US of an Iranian ship supposedly on its way back from China was not only conducted as part of this - but is being used to build a narrative to escalate further against China directly.

Elsewhere, the US continues its control of Venezuela and its blockade and threats toward Cuba in the Americas, its war on Russia through Ukraine and the rest of Europe, and is openly preparing to restart direct war on Iran itself in the Middle East.

All of this is ultimately aimed at China and the multipolar world its rise has facilitated in recent years.

However, just because these are the US' plans and they continue moving forward doesn't mean they are succeeding or will succeed.

This will depend on China, Russia, Iran and many other nations across the multipolar world organizing against US aggression.

The increasingly rushed and open nature of US aggression is being forced by the rapid rise of multipolarism in the first place - and the reality that the US is quickly running out of time to re-impose primacy - if it even can.

Do not mistaken patience and a desire to avoid or at least put off for as long as possible a direct confrontation with the US with ignorance of the danger the US poses or a lack of will or ability to confront it.

Russia, China, and Iran have spent decades staying ahead of US efforts to undermine and subordinate them as well as decades building up the necessary means to defend themselves amid what they all must have realized was an inevitable clash once US primacy began to decline.

Keep all of this in mind amid this temporary pause

Source -> https://xcancel.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2046827772400771145#m

Continuation:

From the beginning the US sought to close the Strait of Hormuz - no matter how often or "convincingly" they demand it be re-opened.

The US blockade wasn't done at the last moment or as a move of desperation - it was prepared from the beginning with US assets moved to the region weeks before it was announced and implemented.

The US blockade is also just one part of a much larger and constantly expanding global US effort to disrupt or block maritime shipping between targeted nations.

That said - its success will depend entirely on what the rest of the world does to counter it and there are options that will force the US into difficult if not impossible positions.

Iran and others are also making use of the ceasefire...