Donald Trump has insisted Iran must “open up the Strait of Trump” and complained about not winning the Nobel Peace Prize in a meandering speech at the Future Investment Initiative Institute summit in Miami, Florida.
Donald Trump has insisted Iran must “open up the Strait of Trump” and complained about not winning the Nobel Peace Prize in a meandering speech at the Future Investment Initiative Institute summit in Miami, Florida.
It’s for sure the biggest unforced error in US history, we won’t be able to be sure until everything shakes out but attacking Iran might be the biggest mistake in the history of geopolitics
I don’t know, the history of geopolitics is pretty huge…
That’s true, but I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say that there’s a chance this conflict could escalate, and precipitate a global depression, at a time when mankind faces other disasters like climate change.
Like a global financial depression lasting a decade or more, some climate change tipping points, some food chain collapse, water shortages, increasing severity of storms and droughts.
All these things weren’t caused by this conflict but this conflict was an unnecessary burden at the worst possible time.
It’s true that “worst in the history of geopolitics” is a big declaration, but I think this is in that kind of magnitude.
I think “worst [anything] in the history of the world” is a bold and contentious statement, but mostly unnecessary and missing the point. There are plenty of major historical fuck ups to choose from.
Requesting the Mongol invaders to kill your enemies for you? You done fucked up.
Requesting Western Europe to send help defending the borders of Byzantium? You done fucked up.
Attacking the Danes bathing in the river because English women find them more attractive? You done fucked up.
Yeah, attacking Iran is a major fuck up. But I believe that categorically, superlatives are unnecessary in historiology.