It was untrue in Chamberlain’s day as it is today…..while all eyes were on South Africa the world continued to turn and people continue to kill, die and maim……so in honor of them I will concentrate on the Middle East and its problems…..
How long have we been waiting for a peaceful Middle East? 50 years? More?
Every president has gone into the process with hopes and ideas…..and every time they fall like snow in winter……the Israelis hate Palestinians……Palestinians despise Israelis……and the world sits on their hands and waits for some sort of progress……mostly NO one in the western world wants to offend Israel……sorry, I have NO problem telling them what I think……any debt the US owes them for WW2 has been paid in full….now they either want peace or not……if not then the world should stop doing business with dicks!
Sorry, I digress………what about peace is there any hope for it? I will be realistic….ABSOLUTELY NOT!
Does that make me a pessimist? NO! It makes me a realist!
Then why? It is not land….it is not access……it is one thing and one thing ONLY!
Would you care to take a guess at what the only reason for no peace? (Pause here to give time for the mad dash to Google)………..WATER! Did you get it?
Why water? Most of the major aquifers in the region are located in the Occupied Territories which would, with a settlement, become Palestine and they could control Israel’s water……a scary thought for the Jews……
Water will determine the peace….if there is ever to be a peace then water will be the key…..and the biggest obstacle to overcome will be TRUST….neither side trust the other after decades of broken promises….unfortunately TRUST is not something that can be given lightly….both sides need to work on that one obstacle to peace and everything should quietly fall into place……
Enough said?
Doesn’t help when settlers poison water supplies, like what happened in Madama .
John, sad part is that the Israelis use 10 times the water that the Palestinians do…..and as you said they play games to gain more land….
The Israelis would be wise to heavily invest in desalination plants being they have access to all of that sea water.
Have been saying that for years…..watch for a few presses that I will have later today….
While it’s true that water has traditionally been a bone of contention in a region scarce of water, technology today is giving excellent solutions (namely – desalination plants). Water is becoming less and less of an issue. Israel has even stopped pumping from the Sea of Galilee (Kineret), since it no longer needs the water. No, the roots of the Israeli – Arab conflict are buried much deeper I’m afraid.
Hello Daniel and thanx for the comment…..
Of course it is a deeper conflict than just water….but my thought was if peace were possible it would be de-railed by the water issue….there is a plan to drain water from the Red Sea to provide water through Jordan…..http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2521282/Dead-Sea-linked-Red-Sea-112-mile-underground-pipe-stop-drying-completely-2050.html
My point is that none of this will end well for anyone…just my thoughts….thanx again….chuq