
The president's push for allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz now includes U.S. plans to guide trapped ships, but Iran's explicit warning to attack U.S. forces if they do so raises the stakes for those operations. Combined with recent strikes and retaliatory threats, this increases the difficulty of protecting shipping routes without escalating hostilities. Urgency for coalition support remains high while the risk of miscalculation grows.
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