Pepe Escobar
So this is how the whole drama is coming to: either neo-Caligula and his "massive armada" pauses, opening some room for talks, and he ends up saving the global economy; or we have the Gates of Hell opened in West Asia.
The hour is getting late. Virtually all pieces of the puzzle are falling into place.
Even as his "massive armada" is being deployed, neo-Caligula social posts/vociferates to Iran: "MAKE A DEAL" (originally in caps).