This smacks me a lot of someone holding a "summit" to see how to get someone's legs open again after they said no. Very rapey. Colonial-imperialist.

Because uh, Iran was always going to shut down the main corridor to an invasion.

And that should be understandable, rather than involve some conspiratorial way of forcing their legs open again.

30 Countries should be completely ashamed but instead seem to want to do Trumps rapey bidding.

“Trump and Netanyahu’s catastrophic military folly is crippling the global economy and hurting the pockets of British consumers. Despite this government’s best efforts, we are still heavily dependent on oil and gas,” Western said.

“About 20% of the world’s oil passes through the strait of Hormuz, it is the busiest oil shipping channel in the world. And it is at a virtual standstill. As expected, the price of energy has skyrocketed. Gas prices have almost doubled and the price of oil has jumped.”

Translate:

"Sure, two rapey assholes are to blame for this, but we need that ass and we will find a way to open a channel to that ass post haste" rather than you know, holding Trump/Bibi to account.

I could never be a diplomat because I would always enter a room saying "I can't believe I have to explain this to a group of unserious yet dangerous clowns but here we are again".

@FknHannu

This, and it’s also why I’d not do well as an employee.