Neither of the two previous quagmires was revealed in its calamitous stupidity as swiftly as Trump’s war on Iran, writes Mitchell Zimmerman.
When Trump Compares Iran to Vietnam or Iraq
Tag: Straits of Hormuz
Vijay Prashad: Hormuz — Gate to the Great Sea
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a choke point for the world economy, with the gravest consequences falling not on the powerful but on the poorer nations of the Global South.
Imperial Decline in the Strait of Hormuz
By exploring the geopolitical implications of Washington’s latest intervention in Iran, Alfred McCoy says it’s possible to imagine how Trump’s war of choice might well become Washington’s very own version of the Suez crisis.