To return to the title of this thread, senior figures in the UK are warning we are now on the cusp of WWIII.
Saudi Arabia is on the cusp of declaring war on Iran, after strikes on their processing facilities that have done severe damage to oil and liquid natural gas production.
This whole adventure was unwise and the result of a pig dribble ignorant US President who never reads anything of consequence.
Just one thing shows it. You can't protect from mines or sweep for mines unless you have total control. That means the war is won and hostilities in the region have ceased. We are far from that. So the Straights of Hormuz will remain closed until that point is reached. Meanwhile Trump belittles NATO allies for not putting forces in harm's way for no possible gain.
Now the Iranians are making moves to close the Red Sea to shipping. That will virtually cut off the world from middle eastern oil and gas.
Prices for petrochemicals of all types have now doubled across Europe, and there are worries of inadequate supplies.
This will put huge pressure on our gulf and East Coast ports to supply Europe and on the Pacific coast to supply Asia. This will put pressure on our supplies with even rationing having to be introduced here and in Europe. In Europe discussions on ratioing are starting to emerge.
This gets me back to one of my original worries, and that is that the picture below shows Iran's greatest defensive asset.
The above picture is being showed widely in the UK.
This is why Trump's adventure was so ill advised.
You won't solve this problem without boots on the ground. No war have EVER been won without that short of the nuclear strikes on Japan.
This brings me to my concern from the beginning, that this will end in nuclear war unless there is a negotiated settlement and soon.
Trump's infantile speech in 24 hours after beginning hostilities shows how infantile, out of touch and demented he is.
We are in uncharted and very dangerous territory now.
