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As the investigations into the attack continue and the political season intensifies, the image of the injured president will likely remain a central fixture of the public consciousness. It is a reminder that in the struggle for power, no one is truly safe, and no principle is entirely sacred. The “brutal moral trade-off” that Omar described is now the standard operating procedure for a country that has forgotten how to seek justice without also seeking an advantage. We are left with a grim reality where the pursuit of truth is sidelined by the pursuit of survival, and the sound of a shattering glass or the glint of a blade is never far from the halls of power. The nation waits, suspended in a state of anxious anticipation, wondering if it can ever return to a time when its leaders were not targets, and its moral choices were not so painfully compromised.
