Very interesting read. The Suez moment had a new protagonist in the wings ready to take over global hegemony (the US). For the parallel to be exact, China would need to make its desire plain vis a vis Hormuz. It would be a massive Earthquake if China put pressure on the US to stop the escalations, because I think it would work.
This is far worse than Suez.
Privacy-molesting-walled. Unallowed to read it.
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Sure seems this way. This thing has barely begun and I expect things to get much, much worse.
One big difference is that back during the Suez incident, when the nations involved signed the ceasefire, no matter the reason, you could at least assume they’d stick to it.
In comparison, everybody on the entire planet - except his cult members, natch - assumes Trump is a backstabbing liar. Any deal with him is worthless before pen touches paper. What reason do the Iranians have to negotiate, when it’s entirely possible he’ll tell his DUI hire to blow up the plane with the ambassadors on the way home?
It certainly seems so. France and the UK lost so much prestige because of this. It marked a very real end of the British Empire in particular
