More Parleying Nonsense: Trump, Iran and Promised Negotiations

It’s almost not worth considering, but precisely because it comes from the White House, the mad manoeuvrings and silly airings of the US President must be taken seriously.  But only to a point.  Over the last week, a series of events have taken place demonstrating the growing alarm within the administration that things are simply not going according to plan.  Iran is proving asymmetrically resourceful, threatening and durable.  Tehran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz, waterway to some fifth of the world’s oil and global shares of other products, including gas and fertiliser, is biting financial markets. On March 20, President Donald Trump openly considered scaling back operations in the war with Iran.  This assertion was somewhat cheapened by the […]