News Summary

• IF this is true, it's a perfect, real-world, textbook example of rent-seeking.
• Nobody will notice, except for the neighbouring Gulf states, who will probably see traffic slowdowns, as their other connections must take the packets.
• The Internet was designed by DARPA precisely for this kind of situation, namely routing around damage to the network because of war damage.
• This is completely unlike the oil price hikes, which will remain for at least as long as the US and Israel keep inflaming the region.