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Democratic pollster: Benefit of defanging Iran far outweighs cost of war

In the face of economic calamity, President Franklin Roosevelt said boldly, “we have nothing to fear, but fear itself,” highlighting how panicked markets feed on themselves.

Today, he would likely revise it to: “we have nothing to fear but fear of higher oil prices.”

These cost increases are Iran’s primary strategy to preserve itself. It tried and failed so far to get nuclear weapons, and is seeing its missiles, air force, navy and proxy militias all in tatters.

The best way for it to survive is to convince the world it holds the key to our economic future and so it cannot be overthrown, ever.

But let’s look at the math.

America consumes about 20 million barrels of oil a day.

Iran rejects Trump’s claim of cease-fire request, says Tehran determined to win war

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says war’s economic shock will be felt for months; urges using public transport

Trump says US will be ‘finished’ in Iran in 2-3 weeks: ‘We want to knock out every single thing they have’

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