Iran-U.S. relations captured in free-form AP poetry
Through a combination of dramatic writing and editing, sometimes, things just come together for Associated Press writers and a type of poetry is created.
Here’s an AP story on Iran possibly suffering massive economic losses due to a slowing of oil production:
… Iran earns about $50 billion a year in oil exports.
The decline is estimated at 10 to 12 percent annually.
In less than five years exports could be halved, Stern predicted.
For two decades, the United States has deployed military forces in the region in a strategy to pre-empt emergence of a regional superpower.
Iraq was prevented from growing into a major power in the area in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
But a hostile Iran remains a target of U.S. threats.
The U.S. military exercises have not stopped Iran’s drive …
Is it me, or is that not haunting? Seriously, it’s touching. Awards need to be given.
–WKW