Rubio: "This is a defensive operation"
May 5, 2026
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as posted by the channelSecretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday said Project Freedom, the U.S. military operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, is a purely "defensive" operation.
"This is not an offensive operation. This is a defensive operation. And what that means is very simple: there's no shooting unless we are shot at first," he told reporters at a briefing. "You’re not going to let some fast boat come up on the ship and shoot it up. We’re going to respond to it."
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