The media is obsessing over price volatility in the oil markets. Meanwhile, Iran fans the flames of panic. “The lever of blocking the Strait of Hormuz must definitely continue to be used,” said a statement the Iranian press attributed to newly appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

As prices creep up at the gas pumps, both Democrats and Republicans sense blood in the water and criticize President Donald Trump’s management. Cue political hacks within both the CIA and the Pentagon who leak to the press their laments about how Trump supposedly ignored their warnings. Ego and domestic politics trump national security.

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The panic, however, is unwarranted.

Navel-gazing analysts second-guess every American move but take Iranian threats at face value. This misunderstands what the Strait of........

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