>>533341128
Professor Rape is a retard

>>533341128
yes. in the same way the saudis announced they were a great power to the world by shutting off oil production in 1973, a great many people have just realized that Iran is a great power. The wider implicatioins are that Iran, russia and china will gain power at the expense of "the west" now.

its the end of pax americana. America is no longer the leviathan.

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>>533341128
his op ed is quite good. very concise. doesn't sugar coat anything.
https://archive.ph/UmTxn

"China depends on Gulf energy to sustain growth.
Russia benefits from higher and more volatile energy prices.
Iran gains leverage from its position at the Hormuz choke point.
Each of these three nations has incentives that run counter to the economic stability of the United States and its allies. These three nations do not need to coordinate in a formal way. The structure of the system pushes them in the same direction. This is how a new order emerges — not through a formal alliance"


"Iran has control of about 20 percent of the world’s oil, Russia with about 11 percent and China will be able to soak up much of that supply. They will form a cartel to deny the West 30 percent of the world’s oil. You don’t need sophisticated analysis to recognize the catastrophic consequences: precipitously declining power for the United States and Europe, and a global shift toward China, Russia and Iran.
The United States faces a difficult choice: either commit to a long-term effort to reassert control over the Strait of Hormuz, or accept a new global energy arrangement in which U.S. control is no longer assured."