So in writing up my piece today on the current Iran crisis I'm struck by something I didn't expect - Trump has been surprisingly restrained in dealing with Iranian provocations over the past year.
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Rym Momtaz ريم ممتازVerified account @RymMomtaz
1/ Why did Iran militarily escalate in the Gulf lately? Shooting down a US drone, seizing tankers, bombing Saudi oil infrastructure? It wanted to internationalise the conflict. The Strait of Hormuz is where most of the world's shipping transits. The US chose not to go there.
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