RMR#35 Iran, Israel and the reason we must not cross the Euphrates

On this transmission, I draw a historical comparison between the past and our current present trajectory, and where ego, and the unquenchable thirst for more along with a rapacious greed may well see the lessons of the past come revisit us should we continue to ignore the signs of dire calamity. Near Carrhae
(modern-day Harran, Şanlıurfa, Turkey) the richest man in Rome, Marcus Licinius Crassus, lost more than he bargained for when his pride, arrogance and avarice consumed what he should have valued most. Let us draw from the teachings of the past. Less we condemn ourselves to repeat its mistakes.