US To Blame

The world is reeling under unprecedented fuel and gas crisis.

- SRI AUROBINDO

Prevailing situation is creating panic in domestic kitchens, restaurants, hostels, petrol bunks, gas stations and threatening to cripple world economy while worse is yet to come. All this because of a thoughtless, one-sided and hegemonistic war against Iran begun by US President Donald Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Their personal arrogance, lack of foresight and poor planning are causing tremendous hardships across the globe. Strategists have long held that an attack on Iran could lead to a retaliatory closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz by Tehran. This narrow waterway sees 20 per cent of global oil and gas production pass through it. The White House's apparent failure to factor in this obvious tit-for-tat counter-strategy by Iran since the outbreak of the war on 28 February, even though there was no imminent threat, is the most surprising. Both the US and Israeli intelligence have got egg on their faces because they had absolutely no idea what Iran was prepared for.