Six months into a conflict that has choked one-fifth of the world's energy supply, President Trump introduced an unprecedented demand for fifty years of Iranian war reparations, a move that arrived not as a negotiating opening but as a rhetorical wall. The proposal — built on disputed casualty figures and historical misattributions — landed at the precise moment when fragile diplomacy had begun to stir, raising the ancient question of whether nations in conflict seek resolution or merely a more elaborate form of continuation. With midterm elections approaching and fuel prices climbing, the gap
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