Not being AI focused might mean fewer competitors.

> is an impotent threat of attacking ships?

All the ships stuck in the Gulf probably didn't consider the threat impotent.

On the other side: what more can the US do? Target civilian infrastructure? There is no appetite for getting stuck with boots on the ground, and everyone (including Iran) knows this.

You're probably right that it won't a win for anyone. If some of the points includes removing sanctions from Iran, it might be a huge win -- for Iran, or at-least it's population.

This is true. 90% destruction of military is meaningless if 10% can wreck havoc on the strait. The cost associated with eliminating that 10% was deemed too much. That is Iran’s “win”.

> Their mercenary IDF

Lol, under what definition?

Personally, I have a hard time seeing any good actors here.

But of all the actors, I kind of doubt Israel is in it for the money.

Window is not closing.. the stonk market would go to zero. Any doubt about being able to move assets out of the US would cause a run on US stonks.

Also the US has fairly strong private property rights.

We've seen time and again that rights and laws mean shit to the current administration.

My point is: Blocking withdrawal of financial assets from the US would be wall street ending.

No foreign investors would put money into US stonks.

It's not impossible, sure, but probably worse than the great depression.

Of course, why not? Imagine anything blocking it would crash wall street.

Do you think Europeans are going to have a problem buying/selling US stonks any time soon?

Add cheap labor to the equation.

In developed countries 20-50% of the cost of roof top solar is labor.

If the life cycle is 25 years we crunch to find a new supplier (should it be necessary) won't come as urgently :)

Agreed, but the headline should be "Europeans buying mini solar farms", in my opinion.

In Denmark fuel is so expensive they sell it by litre :)

> Sanctions could be lifted on Russian oil

I'd rather freeze.