Tag: Middle East
El cierre de una vía fluvial estratégica por parte de una nación asediada se encuentra entre los acontecimientos más raros y trascendentales de la historia de la economía global. Solo ha ocurrido dos veces en la posguerra. En 1956, Egipto cerró el Canal de Suez durante cinco meses, un acto que quebró la moneda imperial británica e inauguró la era del petrodólar.
The finest military modern thinker, Maj Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, stated that the true object of war is not victory but the peace that follows the conflict. By that standard, the Trump-Netanyahu war against Iran and Lebanon is an embarrassing political failure and an economic disaster.
Trump ora si rende conto che la guerra è persa – forse è persa, ma non è finita. Potrebbe protrarsi ancora per un po’.
President Donald Trump has a counterpart in Majlis speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf heading the Iranian delegation, who is also a self-made billionaire-politician like Trump and believes that all good politics is principally about creating wealth — for oneself as well as for the country.
