{"id":337311,"date":"2026-04-23T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-does-not-have-military-means-to-force-open-the-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:00:04","slug":"us-does-not-have-military-means-to-force-open-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-does-not-have-military-means-to-force-open-the-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"US &#8216;does not have military means&#8217; to &#8216;force open the Strait of Hormuz&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/CNiJiRv4jls\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US 'does not have military means' to 'force open the Strait of Hormuz'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CNiJiRv4jls\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In this episode of The Fourcast Indicators, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and defence analyst Mark Urban discuss whether the Iran war has reached a stalemate and if US power has been fatally undermined on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>They were also joined by economist Ann Pettifor who says a \u201cglobal slump\u201d is now inevitable &#8211; so how bad will it be?<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of The Fourcast Indicators, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and defence analyst Mark Urban discuss whether the Iran war has reached a stalemate and if US power has been fatally undermined on the world stage. 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