Makes sense, basically show that you are also willing to endure pain for a longer term, but also dangle the carrot.

April 08, 2026 - 16:17 UTC

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Note that this outcome also basically means accepting an Iranian nuclear program (I think the current ceasefire does this too), so you'd also need to scramble with the GCC to prepare for a Middle East defined by nuclear deterrence.
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Also, I'd prepare a huge 'all of the above' energy program, scrapping barriers to nuclear power, juicing renewables, fraking harder than Battlestar Galactica, to try to make the region less important because our position there is materially weakened.
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