Looks Like That Middle East Cycle Of Violence Is Bigger Than We Thought

Someone reading my blog left a comment quoting from an article in the Wall Street Journal: Crisis Flummoxes White House: President Mubarak's Refusal to Step Down Signals a Loss of Western Influence; Sense of 'Disbelief' After Speech

In particular, he quoted the following part:

Israeli officials also told the U.S. Thursday that right-wing parties in Israel could gain strength in future Israeli elections as a result, complicating efforts to advance peace talks with Palestinians.

Here is my response (I admit I may have gone a bit overboard):

Now, besides the Israel-Palestine conflict upsetting Middle East stability and destroying any chance for Peace In Our Time--we also find that upsetting Middle East stability will destroy any peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
--And that of course will upset Middle East stability.
--And that will destroy any chance for peace between Israel and the Palestinians...
An endless cycle of violence!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

I suppose the commenter thought that quoting anonymous Israeli officials made the quote that much powerful--he's a big fan of the anonymous Breaking the Silence too.

More to the point, what we see here looks like a new variation on an old theme:
It's not just that violence from one side in a conflict leads the violence from the other--going on and on.

Now, it's the new instability that is rushing through the Middle East that starts off a new cycle of continued instability.

Personally, I think it makes more sense to follow this apparent cycle to its logical conclusion:
It's not Israel that is responsible for Middle East instability.
It's Obama.

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