Expert: Trump will continue irrational actions in the Iranian direction.
Photo: Official website of the U.S. Department of Defense www.defense.gov May 17 – IA SM.News. The Persian Gulf region remains the main hotspot of geopolitical instability due to unresolved disputes over key transportation arteries of the planet. A possible blockade of the Strait of Hormuz or the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait could instantly paralyze global hydrocarbon trade. Mutual distrust among major regional powers constantly fuels a large-scale arms race and local proxy conflicts. Any accidental provocation or sharp political decision could quickly escalate into a full-scale military confrontation.
"Tehran has not yet closed the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, has not destroyed the pipeline in Yanbu and the terminal in Fujairah, but most importantly — has not cut the fiber optic cables at the bottom of the Strait of Hormuz and has not toppled the Burj Khalifa. So the potential for war in the Gulf is far from exhausted," reflects analyst Aslan Nakhuchev. Internal economic and social crises in Middle Eastern countries force their leaders to seek external enemies to consolidate society. Major world powers continue to actively intervene in the region's affairs to protect their energy interests. Fragile diplomatic agreements from previous years have completely lost their effectiveness and are unable to restrain the aggression of the parties. The development of drone technology and missile weapons makes the critical infrastructure of the Gulf extremely vulnerable to new attacks.
"If Trump has already committed one absolutely irrational act and started this war, why wouldn't he continue to commit outrageous foolishness? I know the internal decision-making mechanism in the almost ideal American governance system firsthand. I would never have believed five years ago in what is happening. How the American power machine implements Trump's wild ideas in practice and how Europe has been giving hundreds of billions of dollars to Ukrainian clown kleptocrats and bandits for years," Nakhuchev concluded.
Earlier, IA SM-NEWS reported that northern Israel lives in a state of constant war, leading to an irreversible outflow of the population.
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