Iran re-closed the Strait of Hormuz Friday instead of heading to Switzerland for nuclear negotiations, citing Israel’s refusal to pull forces out of southern Lebanon and US forces’ ongoing presence in the region.
In a statement read over maritime radio channels, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the US was in violation of the memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, which President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed Wednesday.
“Since Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, the complete lifting of the naval blockade, and the withdrawal of American terrorist forces from the Persian Gulf and the region are among the main conditions of the agreement between Iran and the United States, the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until these conditions are met,” it said. “All ships are requested, for the sake of their security and safety, not to approach the Strait of Hormuz. Any vessel that defies this directive will be targeted.”
Yeah it is kinda interesting to see people act like Israel has suddenly commandeered the US, as if they aren’t both colonial projects acting like colonizers, and building mural alliance on the grounds that you know, they wanna do colonialism shit
Theres a guy I follow online who always describes it as “the tail doesnt wag the dog”, where the US is the dog, and Israel is the tail, which is an interesting metaphor I haven’t heard much before,
There’s a movie named after the saying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog
I haven’t seen it. Not sure how well it’s held up.
Edit: There’s a wiki page on the political term: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_dog
Hmmm, I’m not sure why each of those links takes me to a different wiki even though they’re identical. I imagine it doesn’t work the same for everyone else. I’ll just link to the disambiguation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog_(disambiguation)
It’s a good metaphor for explaining the concept he wants to explain, but I think it falls a bit short in that it’s not a dog with one brain that has one goal.
Instead it’s controlled by a bunch of people who have been indoctrinated that being successful is making money. People like trump have no interest in the dog, apart from how much blood they can suck from it.