But for whimsical steps of both the Iranian and American leaderships the fuel crisis would not have hit the world. Pope has rightly said it is very easy to start a war but well nigh difficult to stop it.Both the American and Iranian leaderships are now on the look out for a way to come out of the blind alley they find themselves in without losing their face as both of them have been making high faulting claims of their success in the ongoing conflict.
How will the tenant of White House justify this war if Tehran refuses to roll back its nuclear program ? How will the men of the cloth in Iran convince their people as to why did they take up cudgels against a super power when they had not enough essential military where withal at their disposal to fight it?
POSTSCRIPT. If UK allowed America to use its airbases located near the war theatre against attack on Iran and if the Houthis also jumped on the Iranian band wagon these steps would amount to adding fuel to the fire that has engulfed the middle east.
