THERE ARE TWO LESSONS TO LEARN HERE FOR ALL THE VARIOUS PEOPLES OF THE MIDDLE EAST. THE FIRST IS THE WISDOM HANS BLIX REMINDED US OF A WEEK AGO, THAT THE NOBLE ART OF SAVING FACE WILL ONE DAY SAVE THE HUMAN RACE. IT WAS THE HUMILIATION OF THE 1967 DEFEAT THAT HAD PREVENTED THE ARABS FROM CONTRIBUTING EFFECTIVELY (THAT IS BOTH WITH CONFIDENCE AND WITH ACCOMMODATION) TO A JUST PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. A FIRST MAJOR STEP TOWARDS PEACE WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE RELATIVE VICTORY OF THE YOM KIPPUR WAR. A DEFITIVE STEP MIGHT BE ABOUT TO BE MADE TOWARDS A FINAL SOLUTION THANKS TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SECOND LEBANON WAR. THESE HAVE GIVEN THE ARABS THE CONFIDENCE AND THE OPENNESS TO ACCOMMODATION THAT WAS LACKING. THE OBVERSE HOLDS FOR ISRAEL.
THE SECOND LESSON IS THAT, YES, IRAN`S HELP TO HIZB`ALLAH HAD BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE VICTORY OF THE SECOND LEBANESE WAR. YET IRANIANS ARE READY TO LET SAUDI ARABIA BASK IN THE GLORY, BECAUSE THE SUNNI/SHIA DIVIDE IS FALSE AND IRAN HAS ACHIEVED DIGNITY. |
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