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Excelent. The Empire's ability to create an Owerlian narrative to justify its acts of war is impressive. Fortunately, this capacity is matched by the rigorous work of historians of the present moment, including Rumi, who here draws, using quotes from the actors themselves, the way in which the Empire carries out hybrid warfare on the Middle Eastern stage. Empires fade away, taking - or sometimes not taking - with them the civilizations within which they exist. The article leads us to a fundamental question: "Will the current Empire destroy the current civilization in its struggle not to fade away?"

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