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    "parsed_content": "OpinionMarc Champion, ColumnistMake Threats of Annihilation Taboo AgainSeptember 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM PDTBy Marc ChampionMarc Champion is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Europe, Russia and the Middle East. He was previously Istanbul bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal.Someone has to protest the dangerous rhetoric of today\u2019s political leaders.Photographer: Martin Pope\/Getty Images EuropeGift this articleAdd us on GoogleContact us:Provide news feedback or report an errorSite feedback:Take our SurveySaveTranslateTakeaways by Bloomberg AISubscribeVisiting mixed villages in former Yugoslavia before it careened toward its violent breakup in 1992, I spoke to neighbors who dismissed the idea of a coming war as simply unimaginable. But as each tuned in to the increasingly nationalistic TV stations of their respective Serbian or Croatian capitals, they were bombarded by commentary posing as news that recalled historical wrongs and alleged plots for coming atrocities. Steeped in these bilious alternative realties, the neighbors stopped talking. Soon, they were killing one another, each convinced they were acting in self-defense.I was reminded of this while listening to US President Donald Trump\u2019s address to the United Nations General Assembly this week, when he said he was deciding whether to make a deal with Iran or to \u201cannihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again.\u201dBefore it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal LEARN MORE",
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