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  "path": "/opinion/the-three-motives-driving-trumps-responses-to-iran",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T11:00:54.000Z",
  "site": "https://nationalpost.com",
  "tags": [
    "Thucydides quoting",
    "Melian Dialogue",
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  "textContent": "There’s a lot of Thucydides quoting at the moment — specifically the infamous line from the Melian Dialogue: \"the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must\" — to describe the realist parameters of the renewed Great Power politics we now again live with. Read More",
  "title": "David Oliver: The three motives driving Trump’s responses to Iran",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-03T21:49:52.000Z"
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