has signaled a scorched-earth policy. CENTCOM has since clarified the confrontation over global energy lanes. “Security in the Persian Gulf is scope of Operation Epic Fury, drawing The blockade follows a disastrous n a move that signaled a deep- either for everyone or for NO ONE,” a sharp legal distinction to avoid a total weekend in Pakistan, where Vice Presi- ening rift between European an Iranian Armed Forces spokesper- I powers and the current military son stated via state broadcaster IRIB. strategies in the Middle East, Ital- “No port in the region will be safe.” ian Prime Minister Giorgi…