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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics
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Personally, I think Trump's main concern in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea shipping routes which have been disrupted several times by Iran and Iran's proxy in Yemen respectively. Back in May when the nuclear site inspections were occurring, Iran used threats of shutting it down again. There was also an incident not that long ago when an Iranian tanker was stopped in the Mediterranean because it was shipping to Assad's regime in Syria and Iran responded by seizing a British ship in the Strait of Hormuz and held the crew hostage. I think the the nuclear dilemma is a convenient pretext, but the main concern is shipping and the economic control the Iran regime has on global business. It's the same thing with the Panama and Suez canals, the South China Sea, and the Arctic. How these areas are controlled and their stability is always political, but the common denominator is shipping.
As a side note, Iran has apparently stopped supplying Russia for the time being. Fewer Iranian drones and missiles murdering Ukrainians isn't a bad thing.