Iran’s seizure of a British-owned oil tanker transiting the Persian Gulf has let loose a fresh round of media war chatter. Yet should another Persian Gulf War actually occur, who would benefit? Not America, that’s for sure.
The central theme of present-day US policy regarding Iran is deference. Nominally, US policy is made in Washington.
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