There is no visible off-ramp for Iran, Israel, or the United States. How could there be? The motivations for attacking Iran were muddled, and the objectives were unclear from the beginning.
Ten days in, we have seen the rise of a new Supreme Leader (with a huge target on his back), oil prices skyrocket, and global markets rattling under the strain of spreading chaos in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, the skies over Tehran are raining oil as a humanitarian and environmental crisis develops across the region.
And it’s only costing us around a billion dollars a day.
Sam was joined by Dr. Sanam Vakil, the director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House in London. She thinks Trump could pull the plug on this adventure in the coming weeks, perhaps declaring victory and moving on. But the question we all need to be asking is: what happens next?
What do you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
