US enters new normal of increased strikes against Iran ‘to break the impasse’ over Strait of Hormuz

The 27-word announcement came via social media at 2:48 p.m. Thursday with minimal fanfare — the United States had conducted “a new wave of strikes for the sixth consecutive night to further degrade Iranian military capabilities.” Any pretense that the tenuous peace deal between the U.S. and Iran was alive, if not on life support,…