[GPSCC-chat] test of wills

[Jim Doyle]

The following is the closing paragraph of an article by
Michael Klare posted at the tom dispatch site

*http://tinyurl.com/6pmzxod
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So oil, the prestige of global dominance, Iran's urge to be a
regional power, and domestic political factors are all converging in a
combustible mix to make the Strait of Hormuz the most dangerous
place on the planet.

For both Tehran and Washington, events seem

to be moving inexorably toward a situation in which mistakes and
miscalculations could become inevitable. Neither side can appear
to give ground without losing prestige and possibly even their jobs.

In other words, an existential test of wills is now under way over
geopolitical dominance in a critical part of the globe, and on both
sides there seem to be ever fewer doors marked “EXIT.”