RE:RE:I don’t think we will see an escalation! The trigger would be Iran shutting down the Straits of Hormuz blocking shipment of Persian Gulf oil. That would trigger a global market sell-off and probably cause some bank failures. Maybe that's why Saudi Arabia helped Israel shoot down Iranian drones. I wonder where Putin factors into all of this. He'd love to see higher oil prices and angst in the western financial system. But then we have China and India who desperately need stability in the Persian Gulf region. Yeah, best for everybody if Israel doesn't inflame the situation even more. But then, who knows? Big chess game. But Iran definitely has the capability to cause a lot of grief on a global scale. They can't be defeated without bringing everybody else down with them.