This is the stark ledger of aggression: the US and Israel’s murderous bombardment of Iran has immolated regional stability, sending Brent crude skyrocketing past $80 as the Strait of Hormutz—a vital artery of global energy—is effectively choked by military action and attacked vessels.

This is not merely geopolitics; it is the bloody, tangible consequence of imperialist violence. While stock markets in Tokyo and Sydney haemorrhage value, the cynical few profit: gold gleams brighter, and the vultures of the defence industry circle. Trump’s hollow calls for insurrection mask the true cost—spiraling energy prices that will savage working people, fuel inflation, and cripple entire sectors from transport to tourism. This is the poisonous fruit of endless war, where human life is traded for corporate gain and the global economy is held hostage to the West’s insatiable thirst for conflict.

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