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The US Navy is now sweeping mines from the Strait of Hormuz. And the Pentagon says it could take six months. Six months.Think about what that means. The world's most important oil chokepoint — 20% of all global crude passes through it — is still too dangerous for most ships to use. The ceasefire between the US and Iran is technically in place. But the waterway is still full of mines Iran dropped before the ceasefire. So the war paused. The cleanup didn't.This is a massive operation. Mine-clearing at sea is slow, dangerous, and precise work. You can't rush it. One wrong move and a naval vessel is gone. The US is doing this while the ceasefire holds — but also while keeping its full naval blockade on Iran's ports. So it's cleaning the water with one hand and choking Iran with the other.Iran, for its part, isn't helping. It's using the strait's danger as its last real bargaining chip. The longer it stays dangerous, the longer Iran stays at the negotiating table with something to offer — or threaten.Shipping companies aren't coming back yet. Insurance costs are astronomical. The global energy market is still bleeding. Oil prices are still high. And the world is waiting for a strait that might take half a year to safely reopen.That's not a ceasefire. That's a very slow, very expensive game of chess — played in open water.How long before the world economy can't wait anymore?#LamaStories #WorldAffairs #HormuzStrait #USNavy #IranUSA #Geopolitics #GlobalPolitics #BreakingNews #PowerPolitics #MiddleEast