Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Iran's response options.

After Trump plunged the U.S. into the fray, the region in the world waits for signals from Iran about how intensive their response will be.

Countries, completely uninvolved with the current issues

are taking proactive measures to limit their exposure to the potential events.

As an example, Italy has put out a statement saying they weren't involved

and they are moving their personnel away from U.S. installations

so they don't become

unintentionally dragged in. Trump said the site struck were, quote, obliterated. That remains to be seen.

A lot of analysts are saying he's wrong. The administration and the Pentagon are now using the word damaged instead of

destroyed. It's also important to remember that Iran had ample warning to remove key components.

Even as the Pentagon walks back the president's statements, Trump is hanging up a mission

accomplished banner and saying he took

the bomb away from Iran. But as the dust settles and some countries move out of the line of fire,

the question has become, what will Iran do? Those who believed Iran would immediately back down were surprised to see them launch another barrage against Israel, just hours after the U.S. strike.

Iranian parliament has backed closing the strait of Hormuz, which is a key oil transit route.

It's worth noting that while U.S. media is playing this up and oil prices are going up, Iran's parliament doesn't actually have the authority to make

the order. As we've said before, Iran's government is really three governments in a trench coat. The decision to close

the strait would come from Iran's military officials. Them choosing to not close or lightly

restrain the strait that about 20% of the world's oil moves through would be a chess move,

a move that might signal something worse on the horizon. Closing the strait means they're impacting the Arab countries and their

oil. Iran's military officials will probably not want to anger them. If Iran closes the straight totally, the first move from the other

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