All right, Alexander, let's talk about what is going on in the Middle East.

It looks like Blinken is trying to get another ceasefire put in place in Gaza.

And we are still waiting to see what Iran is going to do, if anything.

Yeah.

I think that's a situation, you know.

What do you think?

It is the situation.

Let's talk about the ceasefire negotiations

because apparently this is Blinkin's ninth attempt

to broker a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.

And by the way, we're saying ninth attempt. I mean, he's been talking about this constantly now for weeks. You remember the time when we said that the United

States would eventually ask Israel for a ceasefire and stop pushing Israel for a ceasefire?

Well, we're absolutely there now.

And to be clear, it's based the reason the US is doing it is for two reasons. Rather,

the Biden administration is doing it is for two reasons. Firstly, it is a factor in the US election.

They need to sort out the problems in the Middle East

in Gaza specifically because they're worried about votes in certain states and among some demographics,

and they want to get this whole topic of Gaza of the agenda. That's one reason, and that's been

there for a long time. But there is a second one.

And that is this looming issue of the confrontation with Iran, which now overshadows everything.

We are, as you correctly said, waiting to see what the Iranians are going to do. Some still assume the, some still assume the Iranians are going to attack in a big way.

I am one of those people.

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