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OC375

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18. A long road ahead

Reply to blue-wave (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:19 AM

20 hrs ago

Realistically, no one will allow people to shoot at tankers or navies, and close the strait until “Israel is disarmed”. For better or worse, the world will run much differently after all this, I think. Civilization is a tricky thing to sustain, and keep static, historically.

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