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The United States government has responded with a posture of “maximum readiness,” elevating the DEFCON level and activating emergency broadcast protocols. In a brief, stern address from the Oval Office, the current administration emphasized that any strike on American soil would be met with an “overwhelming and disproportionate” response, effectively signaling that the world is on the brink of a total, scorched-earth conflict. The rhetoric of “restraint” has been discarded in favor of a doctrine of “total deterrence,” leaving the global population to watch the clock with a sense of dread that transcends borders.
