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2na fisherman

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5. An Eye For An Eye
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 05:40 PM
Jun 21

"Qisas," retaliation in kind. Trump escalated a cycle of violence tantamount to a holy war that will take generations to account for. The entire Middle East will remain unstable so all of Iran's neighbors will suffer despite their vast oil revenues. This continuing instability will complicate oil production and transportation so an increased pursuit of energy alternatives must eventually make the gulf states irrelevant with less power over the global economy as this form of energy becomes replaced. This will take some time but during this transition there will be lots of pain to people and economies. Even if our ship of state is steered on a better course after the midterms and beyond, there will be troubled waters ahead as our former allies have a hard time trusting the US again after seeing Trumpism nearly defeat our democracy and cause such great harm to the world.

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