Follow the money.
Oil is the life blood of the world's economies and the military industrial complex.
When the world's economies begin to fall, the consumption of oil begins to fall.
When the consumption of oil begins to fall, the world's cartels that control that oil get upset.
They can only curtail production and/or prop up the price so much.
Otherwise the price will have to fall too far to be viable. Or oil production grinds to a halt.
Not good. Very bad for business.
Need to prop up oil consumption and oil prices in lieu of actual worldwide economic activity.
Also need valid "reasons" to charge certain countries more for oil and blame it on "supply chain constraints".
But how to do that?
A: Proxy war.
First was Ukraine.
But after 2 years, now Ukraine war is beginning to dwindle.
Need another war to replace it.
Hmmm....what next
Follow the money, normies.
Finally, there is some speculation that Iran may get dragged into what is rapidly emerging as the worst Middle-Eastern crisis in years, with various pro-Israeli hawks claiming that the Hamas attack would have only occurred with explicit Iranian backing. If Israel does indeed attack Iran, as it has hinted it would do for years, may we suggest you fill up your gas tank.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-state-war-hamas-after-palestinian-militants-launch-unprecedented-incursion