The military action that we are watching in the Middle East right now
is just a preview of coming attractions. Tensions in the region are
rising with each passing day, and all sides have been anticipating
future conflicts and preparing for war for decades. It would be
wonderful if everyone could sit down, forgive each other and agree to
quit fighting, but that is not going to happen. Most of us that live in
the western world have a very difficult time understanding the mindset
of those immersed in these conflicts. In the Middle East, there are
vendettas and grudges that go back literally thousands of years.
Children are raised in schools where they are taught to bitterly hate
their enemies from the time that they are first able to speak. As
Americans, we have forgiven former enemies such as Germany and Japan and
we just expect that everyone else should be able to forgive as well.
But that is simply not the way that it works over there, and there is no
long-term solution in the Middle East that is going to be acceptable to
all sides. Right now, Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Muslim
Brotherhood, Syria and Iran are all preparing for war. Hopefully cooler
heads will prevail in this current crisis, but that will only delay the
inevitable. There will be war in the Middle East. Yes, politicians
such as Barack Obama will do their best to broker more "peace
agreements", but even the declaration of a "Palestinian state" will
never stop the fighting. In fact, it would just set the stage for more
war. I don't mean to sound pessimistic about the region, but the truth
is that there will be more war until it is not possible to fight any
longer. Any "peace plan" will just be a pause in the warfare.
But hopefully the current crisis in the Middle East will not immediately erupt into a full-blown regional war. That would not be good for the global economy. In fact, that would not be good for anyone at all.
Here are some of the most recent developments...
-Hamas has launched dozens of rockets into Israel since Saturday. At one point, the IDF estimated that at least 130 rockets had been fired from Gaza. Other estimates have put the number of rocket attacks much higher.
Read more: http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/there-will-be-war-in-the-middle-east
But hopefully the current crisis in the Middle East will not immediately erupt into a full-blown regional war. That would not be good for the global economy. In fact, that would not be good for anyone at all.
Here are some of the most recent developments...
-Hamas has launched dozens of rockets into Israel since Saturday. At one point, the IDF estimated that at least 130 rockets had been fired from Gaza. Other estimates have put the number of rocket attacks much higher.
Read more: http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/there-will-be-war-in-the-middle-east
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