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...significantly since the late 1990s, much of the trade is driven by demand for commodities and components to feed China's factories - which in turn rely heavily upon the U.S. as the consumer of last resort. Heightened geopolitical tensions could compound the risks in the markets. The rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East, along with the North Korean missile crisis and another terrorist attack in India, has already led to a ratcheting up of oil prices. Higher oil prices, bad for businesses everywhere, may be particularly damaging right now. That's because they place another burden - more expensive gasoline...
...only ordinary Iranians who are worried about what the Middle East explosion means for Iran. Even as state infomercials order Iranians to boycott soft drinks, officials in Tehran--pragmatists and conservatives alike--concur that the conflict is bad news for the Iranian regime because it exacerbates the West's image of Tehran as a regional troublemaker. Rather than helpfully distracting attention from Iran, as many have charged, the conflict "undermines Iran's position," says a university professor close to senior Iranian officials...
...move out or attend college. The shop where he works abuts a vast mural depicting a female suicide bomber with a baby in her arms, accompanied by the words I LOVE MOTHERHOOD, BUT I LOVE MARTYRDOM MORE. Frustration with such propaganda underpins young people's reactions to the conflict. "Where are the Arabs?" asks Afshari angrily. "They're sitting around, while we're risking our position in the world...
...blame two groups: Hezbollah—for starting the conflict [with] their backers, Syria and Iran—and Israel for striking infrastructure, such as the airport, highways, and power plants...
While Hezbollah started the conflict, Israel [has] made every Lebanese suffer by making them fear for their lives, by cutting power, and by stranding them by destroying roads, and imposing an air and sea blockade...