The world is in a mess. It’s time to retire the gerontocrats
There should be no doubt in the mind of anyone sane that the world is in a humongous mess. Two old men – US President Donald J Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – have played an outsize role in creating this global mess. They are the two principal culprits involved in launching a war of choice against Iran, which has resulted in death and destruction across West Asia, led to the closure of the Straits of Hormuz, and to economic consequences that are arguably among the underlying factors fuelling public unrest in France, other parts of Europe, and India.
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