Subject: Re: Shrodinger’s Strait
Meanwhile

Iran says it has no plans to send negotiators to Pakistan for a new round of talks after the United States seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Israeli strikes target four towns in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire


Someone remind me what the US objective is here… art of the deal experts… keep big oil happy with high oil prices? lower price at the pump (and elsewhere) for midterm voters? profit from weekly swing trades and grifting? make sure Israel can do „its thing“? Ensure maximum vanity effect due to breathless news reporting?