Well, l'l olde England has it as good as settled. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in the MidEast for a diplomatic conference on the Gulf conflict. We have subscribed our only serviceable destroyer which has gone U/S anyway, our reputation and our decades-long security alliance with the Gulf states has been shown as worthless, and our vulnerability to attack is wide open for the world to see. Sir Keir has agreed to increase defence funding -- but not just yet. As usual he dashes to take his place at any international conference as talk is cheaper than action. I fear this Iran war will be continued to a world recession or worse as Trump's defeat becomes more apparent.