The Middle East Inferno: Israel and Iran Dance on the Brink

By Order of the Peaky Blinders: The Stakes are High

Right let's have a look at this mess. Israel and Iran at it again like two dogs fighting over a scrap of meat. Missiles flying threats exchanged and the whole damn region holding its breath. Netanyahu's talking tough promising hellfire and Tehran's calling off those bloody nuclear talks. Sounds like a day at the races eh? But this ain't no game this is the real deal and we all know what happens when deals go south. Someone always ends up paying the piper.

Strikes and Retaliation: A Tit for Tat Tango

Israel's hit Iran's gas fields apparently right in their pocket. Iran's responded with a few rockets of their own aimed at the promised land. A woman’s dead. Casualties on both sides. A right mess. All this talk of 'preemptive strikes' and 'retaliation' – it's a bloody dance and everyone's got a gun in their hand. They are both pulling the trigger faster than me at Epsom.

Trump's Shadow: He Meddles From Afar

Trump. Always got to stick his oar in hasn't he? Warning Iran about what's coming while still dangling the carrot of a new deal. 'The finest equipment in the world which is American equipment.' He's pleased with his performance. The man's a peacock. But remember even peacocks can get shot down. And I Tommy Shelby know a thing or two about that.

The Strait of Hormuz: A Choke Point of Power

Now this Strait of Hormuz that's where things get interesting. Iran's threatening to close it down. Oil prices jump. Everyone starts sweating. It's all about control innit? Control of the flow control of the money. It's what this whole thing boils down to in the end. Power. Plain and simple.

Nuclear Negotiations: A Gamble Gone Sour

These talks in Oman? Cancelled. 'Barbarous attacks,' they call it. Fancy words for a bloody war brewing. Everyone wants the upper hand and no one's willing to blink. It's all brinksmanship and sooner or later someone's going to fall off the edge. I have people who can talk maybe I should send them in. Get it done by order of the Peaky Blinders.

By Order of the Peaky Blinders: Echoes in the Present

So where does this leave us? Stocks are down tensions are high and the world's on edge. A fragile peace broken by old grudges and new ambitions. Remember what I always say: 'Everyone's a whore Grace. We just sell different parts of ourselves.' In this game everyone's selling something and someone's going to get burned. By order of the Peaky Blinders watch your backs. Winter is Coming. Again.