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This internal chaos wasn't accidental but a deliberate byproduct of the US’s non-interventionist strategy. The containment at Hormuz—the strategic strait—was designed not merely to project naval dominance but to create a pressure cooker inside Iran, forcing the regime into a state of self-destruction. The regime’s internal dissonance is now so profound that it resembles a civil war in all but name.
The Multi-Layered US Strategy: A Three-Dimensional Trap
The US’s approach at Hormuz is best understood as a sophisticated three-layered weapon system: