Competence, coherence, calmness, rationality, maturity, multilateralism, and; international security policy choices based on these things.
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I’m sorry I was so woke. I’ll do better.
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Let's see what kind of response this gets out of Trump
Keir Starmer: 'I'm fed up' with Trump and Putin affecting UK energy costs
Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz during the war with U.S. and Israel, creating an oil supply crunch and sending global energy prices soaring.
Keir Starmer: ‘I’m fed up’ with Trump and Putin affecting UK energy costs
“I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy, businesses’ bills go up and down on energy, because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world,” Starmer said.
NBC is quoting an unnamed senior administration official as saying Trump’s trying to get Netenyahu to curb attacks on Lebanon in order to save the ceasefire.
Israel's attacks devastate Beirut and threaten U.S.-Iran ceasefire
Mounting global condemnation of Israel on Thursday was matched by confusion over whether Lebanon was part of the truce deal agreed to by President Donald Trump.
This far the Strait of Hormuz remains practically closed. There has been no increase in shipping through it since the purported ceasefire was announced.
Fortunately, what I’m not seeing so far this morning is reports of attacks overnight. I can’t say there were none, but I’ve seen nothing yet, in sharp contrast with yesterday. Hopefully we see things actually now winding down to a state that allows for meaningful and effective negotiations and restoration of normal trade activity. Because each day that this drags on and the strait stays shut, large parts of the world are heading off a cliff in terms of petrochemical supplies. Even if the strait opened today it would be weeks before cargoes started arriving in ports at the other end.
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You are not going to get meaningful and effective negotiations with the Islamic regime. Their previous economic model is in shambles, they are going to find ways to exhort monies from the ships transiting. That may be ok with the companies for a short time, but eventually the bill will get to big and the Islamic nutbars will be causing havoc either there , at home or in the region.
