Trump Turned Iran’s Favorite Weapon Into Tehran’s Biggest Problem, Gulf Oil Is Back to 94%
Alexander Muse – Picture a Saudi tanker running empty, riding high in the water, as it turns out of the Gulf of Oman and back through the Strait of Hormuz, toward the stretch of water Iran has spent this year calling closed.
Nothing about the scene looks like a victory. Yet that empty ship tells you more about who controls the strait than any loaded tanker racing out. A loaded tanker leaving might be a one-time escape, oil that was trapped and finally got away. An empty one going back in is a business, and its owner is betting real money that Tehran cannot stop him from filling it and coming out again. Continue reading
Victor Davis Hanson – How does the supposedly most fearsome regime in the violent Middle East now find itself on the verge of an utter economic and military collapse?
Mark A. Hewitt – What is the difference between South African politician Julius Malema, who led chants of “Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer” during a recent rally of the Economic Freedom Fighters, the political organization that he chairs, and