World War I began as a regional dispute and cascaded into a global catastrophe largely because of entangled alliances and miscalculations. World War II followed just two decades later, despite the world having just lived through the horrors of the first. And yet, with each

Nothing makes you question reality faster than someone waving back at the person behind you.

Every nation involved in this conflict will call it "defence." Iran. Israel. The US. Everyone is always defending. Nobody is ever the aggressor in their own story. That's how wars are sold; and how they never end. #Iran #MiddleEastConflict

The .United Nations was built specifically to prevent moments like this. 193 member states. A Security Council. International law. And yet here we are. Either the system is broken; or the most powerful nations were never really interested in following it. You decide. #Iran #Israel

Peace doesn't trend. It doesn't break the internet. It doesn't get wall-to-wall coverage. War is dramatic. War sells. And as long as conflict is more profitable than peace; for media, for weapons makers, for politicians; don't expect the incentives to change.

When the dust settles, the politicians will write memoirs. The soldiers will write prescriptions for their PTSD.

Nobody wins a war. Some lose less than others. And even then; the trauma, the debt, the generations of hatred planted like seeds; those costs never show up in the victory speech. But they always show up eventually. #WorldWar3 #Iran

The most expensive weapon ever built isn't a missile. It's the narrative that makes people cheer for one.

You are being asked to pick a side by people who are safely watching from bunkers, boardrooms and TV studios. Don't.