As Donald’s monumentally ill-conceived war drags on in the Persian Gulf, Iran slowly gaining the initiative and placing itself in the position to dictate terms, the risk of a peace deal that actually favours the Iranians is growing by the day. Despite all the air strikes the Americans and Israelis can muster – and there’ve been thousands upon thousands of strikes, each a tactical victory leading to little in the way of strategic advantage – we’re approaching the point at which it becomes a question of how many concessions the Iranians will be able to extract in order to grant … Continue reading Oh Great, Now the Strait of Hormuz is a Goddam Toll Road