New Guinea is in the center.

fair

i guess most western maps are arranged in such a way that the middle east is in the center and the atlantic is on the map completely because

1. the atlantic has probably been more important historically than the pacific, as europeans sailed over the atlantic, not the pacific.

2. the pacific ocean is a bigger body of water, so having it on the "back" side of the globe makes sense because this way, you have a more uninteresting back-side of the globe and a more interesting front-side.

Every now and then, Israel acts to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power – and honestly, we’re all the better for it, the world does not need another set of religious crazies to have nukes.

At this point, I would be fine with Iran having the bomb. I really don't see any evidence that they would behave more recklessly with it than Israel does.

Oh yeah, so glad Israel is standing up for the world with its religious insanity and genocide.

"have been trading blows for decades now. Some direct, many indirect. It’s a regional conflict, and regional it will remain."

Lol, this sounds like a quote from someone in 1914 being catastrophicly wrong.

Every now and then, Israel acts to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power – and honestly, we’re all the better for it, the world does not need another set of religious crazies to have nukes.

But apparently we do need religious crazies who already have nukes, are in the middle of a massive genocide, are attacking and occupying multiple other countries, and have ambitions of conquering the whole middle east, to act as World Police?

You're literally endorsing war crimes.

Netanyahu a deplorable asshat

By "deplorable asshat", you mean the fascist leader of a genocidal ethnostate currently launching multiple wars of aggression.

religious crazies to have nukes.

So what are you doing to disarm the zio cult?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

It’s a regional conflict,

Try reading a book sometime jfc.