Washington dismisses Iran's Hormuz peace offer to pursue an economic blockade, trading the hard work of diplomacy for theatrical toughness that invites long-term escalation.
As Tehran sends demands to Washington ahead of the General Assembly, the administration substitutes diplomatic theater for strategy while naval blockades and high oil prices grind on.
When you want to understand a war, don’t look at the map in a briefing room; look at what the people on the ground have lost. In the port of Mocha, that loss looks like 14,000 destroyed motorcycles.