Oh GG, of course it can escalate. So many more things "nobody could have seen coming". LOL. While I'm not sure the Houthis can close the Red Sea, they certainly can send insurance rates soaring, which will be passed on to consumers the world over. Then there's Iran's threat to hit desal plants in the GCC. To have no potable water in a desert would become an issue, given the population jump from the days of wells. Oh, and let's not forget trump and bibi are threatening---and already hitting---energy production facilities and maybe storage areas of radioactive material. Toxins and radioactivity do not recognize borders, so as the winds blow, so does the fallout from war. Not only will that affect Iranians, it will affect neighbors and even move as far as Thailand. If you like lingering health issues like lung disease and cancer, Trump and bibi are your guys. Trump is also just waiting for someone to convince him "boots on the ground" will boost his poll numbers and help the stock market. Lindsey might be the guy to foist that absurdity of the malleable demented Trump. Of course one can always find a religious script somewhere that "foretells" all of this, because war and tragedy have always been and always will be part of the human condition, but this one from Hindu scriptures, noting the Kali Yuga, is as good as any: Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages, is the one in which we currently reside. This epoch has been foretold to be characterized by impiety, violence, and decay. As written in the Vishnu Purana in 100 BCE: Social status depends not upon your accomplishments, but in the ownership of property; wealth is now the source of virtue (Musk, Ellison, Zuckerberg, Bezos); passion and luxury are the sole bonds between spouses (Melania); falsity and lying are the conditions of success in life (Trump); sexuality is the sole source of human enjoyment (Expats in Thailand, OnlyFans); religion, a superficial and empty ritual, is confused with spirituality (Christian Nationalists, TPUSA) — Vishnu Purana
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