Loading ...Sort of. I’m not sure how the ROW would take to America dictating oil prices, which is effectively what the result would be. Whatever happens under the scenario that you hope is the lesser evil is inflationary – for example, Wyoming may have some helium, but it’s obviously more expensive to extract than the Qatari stuff or it would already be in production. Just as anybody in the world can extract helium from the atmosphere, but it’s an expensive way to obtain it.
But it would have been a long shot for Trump to assume that Iran would want, and be able, to destroy an Islamic neighbour’s helium facilities or oil and gas production.
Over the last month there isn’t much sign that Netanyahu has shown any retraint, anywhere. Elimination of arabs and christians continues in the West Bank. The invasion of Syria and demolition of Lebanon has intensified under cover of Epic Fury, even after the ceasefire. The Zionists are winning so far, having sucked Trump into the war, and it’s looking more and more as if Mike Huckabee’s assertion that the US would be happy for Israel to own the ME from the Euphrates to the Nile is an unofficial policy. In which case it won’t stop.