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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about politics.

It's Thursday, September 19th.

I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

Last Saturday, aerial strikes damaged more than a dozen oil installations in Saudi Arabia,

hitting one of the most critical production facilities in the world.

Aramco, the country's national oil company, temporarily suspended production, forcing up global oil prices.

Although Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed credit for the attack,

it is widely believed that Iran, which has been supplying arms to the group, is behind it.

On Sunday evening, President Trump tweeted that the United States was locked and loaded

and indicated that he was looking to the Saudis to set the terms for retaliation.

But then he maintained that he doesn't want war with anybody.

Iranian foreign minister, Mohamed Javad Zarif,

had steadfastly denied that Iran had anything to do with the attacks,

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