World affairs and politics - the bombing of Iran 2026
We are now a couple of months into the US and Israeli bombing attacks on Iran (leaving aside for now Israel's attacks on Lebanon and the various Palestinian armed groups) - and there is still no resolution. Every day or so, Trump indicates that the war is going according to plan and that Iran is about to submit to all the US demands. This is quickly followed by Iran denying that they are even considering the US proposals as they cross various red lines that are not possible to accept. Meanwhile the economies of just about all countries around the world continue to suffer with oil prices through the roof along with other products like fertilisers. A couple of things to say, here. Firstly, I think the attacks on Iran were wrong - but, from their point of view, I do understand why the US and Israel decided to go down that road. It is quite clear that Iran has been bankrolling various armed groups like Hamas and Hezbollah - and Israel would clearly like that to stop. In addition to th...