"Today’s Western world proclaims that the most important question in human life – or at least in political life – is what kind of world we leave to our children. What a colossal mistake! In fact it is the reverse: the question is not what kind of world we leave to our children, but what kind of children we leave to the world."
Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, 2024
On the children who were raised to defy the Soviet Union in 1956
Better a poor and wise youth Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more. Ecclesiastes 4:13
Question:
Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Luke14:31
Answer:
A king who watches too much FOX TV, reads too many Marvel comics, pays attention to the New York Times, and watches too many Hollywood political thrillers.
The narrow strait is the most important chokepoint for the world's oil supply. Some 21 million barrels — or $1.2 billion worth of oil — pass through the strait every day.
Will a closed Strait hurt Iran? In terms of international oil sales, yes, but in terms of daily life, no. Iran pumps 3.5 million barrels of crude oil per day. The situation at this hour: