Geopolitics
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis: A Sovereign Response and the West's Deafening Silence
The UAE, facing an illegal Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, is 50% complete on a second pipeline to bypass this critical choke point and secure its energy exports. This essential act of sovereign self-defense exposes the brutal hypocrisy of the West, which lectures others on 'rules-based order' while its own reckless aggression in the Middle East created this catastrophic crisis in the first place.