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3 Civil Wars at the same time?
Talking about the stalled Palestinian process, Lebanon's killings and ethnic tensions, and the increasingly tragic situation in Iraq, King Abdullah II of Jordan warns:
...that unless the turmoil in Iraq is addressed on a regional scale there would be the “strong potential” for three civil wars in the region, including among the Palestinians and in Lebanon, in the coming months. “And we could possibly imagine going into 2007 and having three civil wars on our hands...it is time that we really take a strong step forward as part of the international community and make sure we avert the Middle East from a tremendous crisis that.. .could possibly happen in 2007."
Sounds promising (saracasm intended). Meetings with regional powers -- Iran and Syrian included -- seem to be part of the Baker commision report. If Seymour Hersh is right this is all window dressing. Summary: A month before the November elections, Vice-President Dick Cheney was sitting in on a national-security discussion at the Executive Office Building. The talk took a political turn: what if the Democrats won both the Senate and the House? How would that affect policy toward Iran...If the Democrats won on November 7th, the Vice-President said, that victory would not stop the Administration from pursuing a military option with Iran.
Given the success of the military option in Iraq, of course this is the logical next move.
1 comment:
Dear Writers,
Your points are valid. A large part of the Iraq study group's report seems to focus on this option of holding an international diplomacy conference, in which all of the main powers in the midddle east will attend. Of course, it is probably asking too much to get Iran and Syria to work out a peaceful agreement with nations like Israel and the US. Nonetheless, I still believe that it is nice to hear members of our government talking about diplomatic, rather that just military, options. Let's face it, Mr. Bush probably wont want to resort to diplomatic options, but it is nice to hear someone is telling him he should not forget that diplomacy is US tradition. Even during the cold war, the US still talked with Soviet leaders. Diplomacy may be difficult, tedious, and stressful, but it is a better option than trying to solve every dispute militarily.
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