The world has suddenly gone quiet, waiting for America's next move. If the United States cannot secure the Strait of Hormuz, its ability to project military power globally will face unprecedented scrutiny, and it will become much harder to collect "protection fees" in the future. This is similar to the 1956 incident when the US forced Britain to withdraw from the Suez Canal, which marked the end of British colonial influence in the Middle East and became a symbolic turning point in the decline of the British Empire.
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