By Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
April 14, 2026
After threatening to annihilate Iran with bombs, President Trump and the U.S. national-security establishment have decided to do so with their tried and true foreign policy tool of sanctions - or, in this case, they're calling it for what it is - a blockade, which, as most everyone recognizes, is an act of war just as much as a bombing spree is.