1Iran's hardline clerics and Revolutionary Guard — conflict justifies their grip on power✓—7.2k29%
2US defence contractors and hawkish factions who profit from permanent war✓—6.8k28%
3Israel's current coalition — existential threat narrative keeps them in government✓—5.4k22%
4Russia and China — watching the West exhaust itself in the Middle East✓—3.6k15%
5Regional proxy groups: Hezbollah, Houthis, and associated militias✓—1.6k7%
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