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Iran War: Trump Mulls Kinetic Options, Mojtaba Warns, US Consumers Suffer | naked capitalism
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Iran War: Trump Mulls Kinetic Options, Mojtaba Warns, US Consumers Suffer | naked capitalism

naked capitalism·Yves Smith·about 1 month ago
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[This Iran war post is light at launch because gym. Please return at 8:30 AM EST or refresh this page then for a final version] Trump received his widely-anticipated CENTCOM briefing on Thursday on military options in Iran. There is ample speculation as to what he might do, as opposed to stick with the plan he recently he said he preferred, which is simply to persist with the blockade beyond the Strait of Hormuz. The wee problems here are not just the fact that Trump and the US have lost, even if he might be able to execute a few more moves rather than giving in to the inevitable. It is that he is under both temperamental and Zionist pressure to Do Something, when anything other that de-escalation will make this bad situation worse. Trump is addicted to domination and is habituated to believe that gesture and action will advance those ends, rather than letting a trajectory, even when favorable to him, play out.…

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