U.S. insists Iran ceasefire not over despite attacks in Strait of Hormuz

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

May 5, 2026, 6:23 AM EDT / Updated May 5, 2026, 9:01 AM EDT


The ceasefire in the Middle East was in peril Tuesday after the United States and Iran traded fire and threats over President Donald Trump's new mission to force open the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump's “Project Freedom” aims to use the U.S. military to break Tehran’s chokehold on the critical waterway, which has throttled international shipping and sent energy prices soaring.

But Iran's aggressive effort to retain its grip on the strait saw it attack U.S. ships, hit a neighboring Gulf state for the first time in weeks and come under American fire itself.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted at a Pentagon briefing Tuesday that the ceasefire was "not over" despite the clashes in the strait. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said that since the ceasefire was announced, Iran had attacked U.S. forces more than 10 times, but he said they were still "below the threshold of restarting major combat operations."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/us-iran-war-trump-open-hormuz-attacks-ships-ceasefire-rcna343604

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Iran had attacked U.S. forces more than 10 times, but he said they were still "below the threshold of restarting major combat operations."

So what IS "the threshold"?

[JBTaurus83]

1. If we are not responding to attacks

Either the US or Israel have run out of defensive weapons.

[sop]

2. Trump's fleet of seaworthy ballrooms...

[BumRushDaShow]

7. ...

[Ray Bruns]

3. So now there's a "threshold".

I’m beginning to think these guys have no idea what they’re doing.

[JBTaurus83]

4. The US Media is finally reporting on the destruction of US bases

This was common knowledge a month ago for those of us that have been following Al Jazeera English. I don’t think they planned for this war at all and it’s really starting to show.

[travelingthrulife]

5. Just like that phony ceasefire between Palestine and Israel.

[usonian]

6. "newspeak" definition of an endless war:

An endless ceasefire.

With a few minor flareups, to be ignored.

Newspeak: from "1984"
Detailed explanation:

The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from from ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises in doublethink.

– George Orwell

1984. Part 2, Chapter 9. Winston reading from Emmanuel Goldstein’s book The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism.

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The book within a book, "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism" by the fictional Emmanuel Goldstein is available from the Internet Archive. (PDF)

https://dn721904.ca.archive.org/0/items/the-theory-and-practice-of-oligarchical-collectivism_202408/THE%20THEORY%20AND%20PRACTICE%20OF%20OLIGARCHICAL%20COLLECTIVISM.pdf

[Ford_Prefect]

8. Tweedle Dumb & Tweedle Dee are fiddling the markets again.