[igravious]

“Oil and gas prices jump after US-proxy Israel attacks Iranian gasfield infrastructure, and after Iran responds in kind after having promised to do so.”

is a headline that reflects reality and doesn't finesse the details -- I should really become a headline writer, I'm clearly better than whoever is employed by The Guardian.

At the very least it should be "Oil and gas prices jump after Israel and then Iran attack gasfields"

Putting Iran first might lead some to believe this was Iran-initiated, which of course is probably the intention.

[pasquinelli]

is israel a US proxy? that's feeling a little backward right now.

[senectus1]

all proxies do this eventually.

no one ever seems to learn, you use a proxy to do dodgy shit for you and eventually they become the tail that wags the dog.

made worse in this case by the fact that trump is a weak leader and Netanyahu is not.