The Price of Perfect Nihilism 

US Sends Dozens More Refueling Planes To Israel Amid Widening Iran War, Oil Climbs Update(12:25ET): Oil prices are climbing on fresh reports Friday that President Trump is ready to continue escalating and expanding strikes on the Islamic Republic, after a Situation Room briefing this week where the Commander-in-Chief was presented with various options. It bears repeating that the White House in the opening days of Operation Epic Fury promised the American public a fast and hasty, limited military engagement - but this is where we are four months later... "The Trump...

Iran Escalating With Drone Attack On Bahrain, Yet Another Hit On Foreign Vessel In Hormuz Strait A lot of escalation has ensued in the last 48 hours, after starting Thursday Tehran struck a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, after which by end of Friday US CENTCOM confirmed a series of fresh attacks on Iranian missile and drone storage sites as well as coastal radar installations, reportedly on Sirik Island located near the Strait of Hormuz. Referring to Thursday's attack on a vessel off Oman, the Pentagon called it a "powerful response...

The Appearance Of 'Action': Britain's Navy Docked At Gateway To Mediterranean For Hormuz Mission Is Washington's ally the United Kingdom making preparations to 'do more' related to the Iran crisis at the behest of President Trump?  New reporting in The Associated Press suggests so. But the new Monday report also points to the UK possibly just making an appearance of action: "Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to the Strait of Hormuz that...