I wouldn’t be so quick to defend either of these sides:
“ The people who entered the lobby of the building where the Consulate is situated are the same people who have celebrated the rape, maiming, burning alive, and murder of hundreds of Israelis barely a day after October 7th.”
Linux.
Who knows how long that computer has been there, but if it’s been a while and still has something less than Windows 10, nothing will work.
Geographically, It’s located in the best place to be THE door to Europe’s and Africa’s trade routes with Asia.
Whomever controls that territory, controls an immense amount of the world’s commerce.