Iran are playing a dangerous game.
A game they are playing with the knowledge and approval of Russia and China no doubt.
....and that is what concerns me, with maybe North Korea somewhere at the table of this game against the USA and the West generally.
History is never exactly repeated, but I still hold by my concerns that this game of diplomacy, if you can call it that, reminds me of the lead up to the Great War as I outlined before. Bad diplomacy, hidden and not so hidden agendas, political aims of conquering, misunderstandings, poor communications, obsession with revenge, leaders intent on being the man, and one spark of action, minor in itself, that ignited the storm. That is what worries me and makes me now fear for all our safety.
I just prey that whoever is the lead in any diplomacy attempting to defuse this situation has a better outcome than the unfortunate British Foreign Secraty in 1914, Sir Edward Grey!
At the very least just watch the price of oil zoom, but that actually is the very least of what should concern us