Thursday, August 14, 2014

War and Peace in the middle east

Israel has been at war off and on for the last 100 years. The riots of 1921 may have been the start of this war that continues to this very day. There have been mini-wars in this period that have brought some respite for a few years. The independence war and the six-day war gave 8 and 7 years of relative calm. But even during those periods there were constant terrorist threats and attacks. The current war is not fundamentally different than the others. It is different as it seems some of the players have more important things on their agenda then destroying Israel. Egypt for one.It is not different as its purpose is to annihilate the Jewish state. There are those in Israel and elsewhere that attempt and still believe in some sort of compromise that will end the wars and bloodshed. The fact remains that with the exception of Egypt and Jordan we are still at war with the Arab world. The fact that Egypt despises some of Israels enemies more than Israel does is nothing short of miraculous. There is no clear solution to this conflict and it will continue to fester for a long time.
Crazy middle east.

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