Asian stock markets drop by 12%, are the derivative markets set to blow?  War tensions deepen, with U.S. military buildup in the eastern Mediterranean.

Aug. 4, 2024 (EIRNS)—As the world awaits with dread Iran’s response to Israel’s assassination of a chief Hamas negotiator in Iran’s capital Tehran on the day of the new president’s inauguration—and the Israeli (and American and British) response to that response, it is essential to bear in mind that this is not a problem that will resolve itself, that the “adults” will come in and fix.