And even if Iran does fully open Hormuz – without conditioning passage on tolls or other payments – its ability to control the key geopolitical chokepoint is more clear now than ever.
In a statement after Trump’s ceasefire message, Iranian foreign minister Seyed Aragchi said that Iran would halt its “defensive operations” and allow safe passage through the Hormuz “via coordination with Iran’s armed forces”. He added that the US had accepted the “general framework” of the Iranian 10-point plan.
That plan includes the US withdrawing its military forces from the region, lifting economic sanctions on Iran, paying compensation for war damages and allowing Iran to maintain control over Hormuz. It is hard to imagine Trump actually agreeing to any of those conditions – a sign that the next two weeks of negotiations could be treacherous.
Such a partial pyrrhic victory.
I’ve got one word for you: Brexit.
Could you maybe try three or four more words to make some sort of sense?
There’s no time!
Sorry, I’ve run out of words. Just typing this is using up the few remaining words I have. I would explain more, but there really are no more words available to me. Sorry.
Oh hang on, I’ve found some under the couch. Brexit, when the UK left the European Union, was a pointless act of economic, social, and security self -harm, with even the most ardent proponents ultimately admitting that it would take years to just get back to where we started. The negative effects are still being felt 10 years later and the country is still divided about it. Despite all this, the ringleader and his political party has a reasonable chance of actually becoming government, showing just how fucking stupid people here are.