Tehran declared the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial shipping on Friday, as a ceasefire came into effect in Lebanon, raising hopes that two of the main obstacles to a US-Iran peace deal could have ...
While I understand the taco sentiment, I actually think this might stick for a bit. There’s a huge amount of back end political pressure on this and Israel is probably feeling it too. Asia & Europe are at their oil breaking points (Asia is in particular struggling to get oil even at inflated prices), and that frankly is most of it, but you also do have the hardware expenditures yearly budgets spent in days. No one except Israel and Iran hardliners really want this war.
While I understand the taco sentiment, I actually think this might stick for a bit. There’s a huge amount of back end political pressure on this and Israel is probably feeling it too. Asia & Europe are at their oil breaking points (Asia is in particular struggling to get oil even at inflated prices), and that frankly is most of it, but you also do have the hardware expenditures yearly budgets spent in days. No one except Israel and Iran hardliners really want this war.
Trump doesn’t control Netanyahu, and Netanyahu is one of those hardliners. TACO or not, Trump is along for the ride.