In a strike against one of the world's most consequential energy corridors, three pumping stations along Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline were damaged in what appears to be a coordinated attack. The pipeline serves as the kingdom's circulatory system for crude oil, linking eastern production fields to western export terminals and underpinning Saudi Arabia's role as a pillar of global energy supply. Such an event reminds us how fragile the arteries of modern civilization can be — and how their disruption, even briefly, sends tremors far beyond the borders where they occur.