But what to do?

Let’s assume the worst case scenario.

The current situation progresses to the point where all sides have boxed themselves into the proverbial corner and no option is left other than to take the traditional way out. No one likes the idea; there are grave doubts about the morality, the efficacy and the outcome of such a move but there it is and, since no viable alternative has presented itself, the matter goes forward. The consequences are, more or less, what one might expect. Many more deaths, more destruction and the further polarisation of a situation already well established in that regard.

So, not exactly the best result one could hope for. Indeed, it’s not even a result. All that’s really been accomplished is an increase in the deterioration of a region that has endured far too many battles in the past and now has to cope with the aftermath of yet another.

Let’s see how the best case scenario might look.

Everyone decides that warfare and other such violent activity can no longer be tolerated and, in the interests of all concerned, a better method must be sourced, one that caters to the more immediate aspects of the dispute and also provides ample opportunity for addressing its longer-term issues.

Now, that’s a tall order and no mistake. But it has to be filled if the world is ever to emerge from the shadows of a predicament as dire as this one.

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‘When all think alike, then no one is thinking.’

Did Netanyahu brainwash Adelson? Possibly, Netanyahu is Adelson’s boy because he wants to attack Iran. At least, he talks a good game.

“Daring, difficult, possible”. I would add “double or nothing”.