 Americans began 2020 with news of the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in a drone attack ordered by President Donald Trump, a move that shook even some of his Republican supporters. Reaction around the world was swift, but the repercussions of the airstrike targeting Soleimani — long considered a threat to the U.S. and its allies — will reverberate long into the new year and well beyond the borders of each country. Bloomberg Opinion writers took a wide view of the hostile relationship between Iran and the U.S., and what the attack (followed less than a week later by a jetliner's tragic demise) will mean for oil markets and political strategy. Will Oil Become a Weapon of Choice for Iran? — Julian Lee Trump's Right That NATO Can Step Up Against Iran — James Stavridis How Fake News Would Affect a U.S.-Iran War — Tyler Cowen The Risk of Nuclear Proliferation (and War) Is Growing — Andreas Kluth Iran Won't Come Clean About Its Plane Crash Tragedy — Bobby Ghosh Trump's Iran Speech Had Three Audiences — Meghan L. O'Sullivan Trump Doesn't Want War With Iran — Eli Lake This Is No Time to Snub Iran's Foreign Minister — Bobby Ghosh Hardliners in the U.S. and Iran Are Each Other's Best Friend — Pankaj Mishra Trump's Thin Crisis Team Is Scary, Too — Jonathan Bernstein An Opportunity in Iran's Latest Tragedy — Esfandyar Batmanghelidj Iran's Retaliation Is More Conventional Than Expected — Eli Lake Iran Won't Be Satisfied by Iraq Missile Attacks — Bobby Ghosh This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of our top commentary published every Sunday. | 
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