Source Links & Transcription of Middle East Limerick on Roll for Analysis

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Limerick on Politics and Religion in the Middle East

Roll for Analysis Instagram video transcription:

On Today’s roll for analysis, 

The theory may cause anxiousness,

Regional actors,

West Asian factors, 

And Poetry versus political-mental paralysis. 

There once was a religion called Islam,

Shia and Sunni, neither is wrong,

But still they fight

To the citizen’s plight,

A divide, 14 centuries long. 

The Revolutionary Guard Corps

In February faced uproar:

USA killed the Ayatollah 

Thanks to inside CIA moles.. uh… 

Trump’s demise was then called for.

So… In Structural Realism,

There’s some anarchic statism, 

Not due to human nature,

Nor the written legislature, 

But thanks to vacuums & pragmatism. 

Iran’s sudden absence of authority 

Lasted a week, their top priority. 

The third leader supreme

Entered the regime 

On day 8 of the war exactly.

Nearly half a year later, 

With ceasefires on paper, 

The conflict continues

Near the strait of Hormuz, 

But it’s hard to see any peacemakers…

Aggression, Attacks, thousands dead 

Under the Realist filter, that’s how you get ahead:

Missiles for offense,

Drones for defense,

But these seas have turned a different kind of red.

All the news reports are much too solemn,

Honestly, Religion shouldn’t even be a problem.

Money, tariffs, trade, and oil, 

That’s what makes politicians’ blood boil,

In this story can we know yet if we’ve passed rock bottom?

This week, warnings were sent by the IRGC 

Advising ships to turn back to the sea

Citing the Qur’an 

Since the waters off Oman

Is now under the rule of Iran’s Khameini .

All this political and religious complexity 

In the Middle East’s present and past history, 

We try to understand

But still see it as an ‘other’ land, 

That’s internationally labeled ‘semi-periphery’.

Supporting the west is considered a sin

The cooperation councils are wearing thin

International law 

Is at a draw 

Since the veto powers reside within…

In Structural Realism, you see 

Vacuums of power is how it has to be, 

Relations whether multipolar or bi 

The spread of power is like a pie, 

And it seems like the nations may never agree. 

Other theories may say cooperation is key,

But that can’t be defined 

With good faith in decline 

And no overarching authority, 

This Anarchy makes it quite hard to find

A coherent system for the people who just want to be free. 

…

Thank you all for watching this 

Poetic and Randomized analysis 

In the bio there are links

That may help you think 

Through this theoretical internationalist’s abyss. 

(Description & Comment:)

Upping the chaos for the fun of the game, 

The dice delivered immediately, I’m no longer sane.

With no AI, 

To make me cry, 

This episode was much a challenge for my brain.

This week is the funeral for the ayatollah’s death

While Mexico’s futbol skills are put to the test 

…What a weird contrast 

Only a day, won’t long last.

Especially today: Sports and Politics, neither will rest. 

(Though a limerick classically 

Has a format quite exactly 

A A B B A

Syllables at bay,

English majors don’t come at me.)

…

The topics here are quite debatable, 

Many actors could be blamable,

So here in the comments,

Please be kind, no nonsense.

Together we can find how this world is changeable.