Marco Rubio rebukes ceasefire question after US-Iran exchange

6 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · May 9

Speaking in Rome on Friday, the US secretary of state said Iranian fire at US destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz prompted a defensive response.
Rubio said the clash was separate from Operation Epic Fury and argued Washington had to shoot down incoming drones or missiles and strike their launch source.
He told reporters to direct doubts about the ceasefire to Iran, while declining separately to discuss whether he had advised Donald Trump over his feud with the pope.

With dueling legal claims over the world's busiest oil chokepoint, is a major conflict between the U.S. and Iran now inevitable?

If both sides claim the ceasefire holds while exchanging fire, what does 'peace' actually mean in the Strait of Hormuz conflict?

As naval clashes disrupt one-fifth of the world's oil, how long before the global economy feels the pain of this 'controlled escalation'?