Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Fears Of War Rising In The Middle East



‘Diplomacy Of September’ -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., The Washington Times

Upcoming U.N. events could lead to a world war reprise.

In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "The Guns of August," Barbara Tuchman chronicles how a cascading series of seemingly minor developments led inexorably to World War I and the worst carnage known to man up to that time. In the future, historians may point to the present "Diplomacy of September" as the catalyst for the next horrific conflict now in the offing in the Middle East, and potentially beyond.

I am thinking specifically of three agenda items slated to take place in the United Nations or on the margins of its meetings in coming days:

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My Comment: I am skeptical that such a "worse case' scenario can unfold. Conflicts and wars have been the norm in this part of the world for centuries .... and I expect that even more conflicts and wars will continue long into the future. But I do concede that the current pathway that the Palestinian leadership is pursuing has the possibility of generating incredible unrest and turmoil, as well as extinguishing any hope of peace in my life time.

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