🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 THIS IS NOT GOOD:

US strikes on Iran just escalated again, and a US official is calling today's round bigger than any previous retaliatory strike in this conflict.
The target list tells you what phase this is.
- Air defenses
- coastal surveillance
- surface-to-air missile sites
- anti-ship cruise missile sites
- drone launch sites
- port facilities.
They are not a warning anymore. They are systematically removing Iran's ability to threaten shipping traffic through the strait at all.
This follows the exact pattern from late June: Iran attacks a vessel, the US retaliates, Iran calls it a ceasefire violation, and both sides escalate again. Last time that pattern played out, Iran responded by hitting US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain directly. Whether that repeats this time is still unconfirmed, but it's the precedent everyone in the region is watching for right now.
Every round of this makes the next one more likely, not less.