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Are we on the brink of a slight escalation of the conflict, or do you think it'll just stay stable, for lack of a better phrase, just like the Ukraine-Russia situation?

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There's always the danger this country could escalate. Right now, what's happening is that there is a bit of stability. The Americans have dispatched at least two aircraft carrier task forces, one in the Mediterranean, one in the Arabian Sea region, close to the Persian Gulf, but not quite there. So they're out of harm's way. But these are there. And the problem, the danger, the real flash point is that Israel is a nuclear power. They're undeclared nuclear power, but everyone knows they have a number of nuclear weapons. And that is a nightmare scenario. So yeah, it's a major flash point. It just takes one misstep by somebody, one bad decision by some leader, or just some accidental occurrence that could trigger off something really bad. The Middle East on that knife edge right there. Dangerous.