Thitifini wrote:This is wholesale PR. No one will engage in conventional war; US nor Iran, and Persia is winning big in proxy war in the ME.
Expect de-escalation soon.
This is very true.
However you don't need a war to harm Trump. I expect a number of Iran/China actions to fix him in this election year.
For Iran threatening to close the straights of Hormuz will be irresistible.
China will likely refuse to buy beans from the Trump supporting heartland.
Among other, dirty tricks
"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)