There’s been much pontification of the current Middle East war, but here’s an option I haven’t seen explored. What if the actual goal isn’t to keep Iran in check and isn’t to pressure the Russians or Chinese or whoever. What if the real game is to make Mideast crude oil and distillates price uncompetitive or simply remove it from the global market with the goal of keeping all the Arab (and Persian and other) countries in check by strangling their cash flow? Wouldn’t that be a game changer for a lot of countries in a lot of ways…
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