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If one were to study the history of Iran and there. Right now both countries are trying to

US relations in detail, it couldn’t be clearer hold back their hatred, but the gov ernment

that the situation would just get wor se as is not contributing much. We need to take
time passes. War will be inevitable if Trumps action; we need to start contributing

doesn’t retire soon; many things cou ld directly ourselves; we need to eliminate stereot ypes,

cause WWIII. One cause could be the distrust hate and biases, or else we will just walk the
between them, initiated when the US sou ght same path humans have always done, and it

revenge on Iran. Although people could will eventually lead us to eternal darkness
A WAR OF
debate about the actual cause of the hos tage,
TECHNOLOGY
the fundamental cause of any events like this
is hatred and distrust. When one is hurt, they
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seek revenge; they seek justice and equality
for their loss and decide to go on a quest of
With the arrival of 2020, it may be the
vengeance, but most people forget this
end of an era in the HEDT processor market.
“justice” will only breed more hatred and
For nearly 2 decades, Intel had a mon op ol y
vengeance, creating a malignant cycle of
on the processor market, and never
hatred. Right now, Trump holds the key to
bothered to improve their products by
world peace, but he decided that he wou ldn’t
much simply because they didn’t have a
use it to grant what everyone desired for the
strong competitor to force them to do so
longest time. This is why we should treat each
While Intel was busy ripping off their
other like friends no matter where we are
customers with their second-rate
from, who we are. For countries to understand
processors, AMD utilized new and
one another, the citizens rather than the
emerging technologies to pull ahead of the
government can start by showing respect and
unsuspecting Intel. With AMD ahead of
hospitality, so everyone shall help and lead
Intel by a few years, we may finally see fresh
this world to true peace and happiness.
specs that were previously thought to be
While Trump is the president, the conflicts
more than a few years away.
between Iran and the US won’t be seeing its
Intel’s processors seemed so powerful
end soon; although the pressure will assure
and the specs and performance they
Trump to be aware of the consequences of his
brought were the norm. This was the result
actions, those pressures won’t always be .
of having a technologically aggressive

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