Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as 'unacceptable'

[lonely bird]

9. Stupidity abounds

https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-iran-wars-hidden-front-food-water-and-fertilizer

This is basically open economic warfare. Yes, all warfare is economic in nature but this different. This is war aimed at maintaining a tottering system of economic transactions that, despite claims to the contrary, does not function in the manner that supporters claim. Capitalist supporters will make claims that capitalism “lifts people out of poverty”. What it actually does is lock people into economic castes with little social mobility change. Some can move up and some will move down. Furthermore, globalization is not going away. It is shifting but it is not going away. This has been and will continue to put pressure on the concept of the nation-state in general and the large scale geographic/population nation state.

Imo, a key failure is the concept of development which has been driven by the Western/global North policy and belief structures. Hubris and chauvinism have driven and are driving the world down a catastrophic path. In many ways, other countries have much to blame themselves. The PRC’s unstated goal is not domination or some belief that China should be reassuming what they were centuries ago before the West raised havoc there. It is instead maintaining the dominant position of the Party.

We are in the midst of tectonic shifting and there are few nation-state leaders that are capable and competent enough to deal with this.