Power Shifts Push Mideast Closer To War -- Peter Godspeed, National Post
As Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad clings to power with the quiet backing of regional powers Iran and Russia, the Middle East may be sliding slowly into war.
Squeezed between the rebellions of a bloody Arab Spring and growing fears of a possible military response to Iran’s growing nuclear threat, the region is becoming increasingly unstable.
“I would be very surprised if it turned into a Russian-American war, but this could be a Mid-East war: Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran, Syria, Israel all having at each other,” said Jack Granatstein, military historian and senior research fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.
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My Comment: Syria, Hezbollah, Iran .... the leaders of these countries and groups are being threatened and are unable to stop (or stem) their rebellions. My prediction .... Assad will be overthrown, the loss of Hezbollah's main patron will hit it profoundly, and Iran will have to explain to their dissatisfied citizens on why did they support countries like Syria with billions in aid .... and now have nothing to show for it but bloodshed and revolution. I would not be surprised if the net result could be regional wars and a free-for-all among the survivors.
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