(March 5, 2017 at 12:33 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:A single state, so big it takes all these people under one flag. Then it's peace in the Middle East.
Hmmm.... I don't think you can put the genie back in the bottle. A Sunni state would be bombed by the Shi'a and a Shi'ite state would be bombed by the Sunni. Then there are all the other ethnic and religious groups, Alawite, Druze, xtian (Syrian or Coptic), Kurds, Armenians, Izadis, "and everybody hates the Jews," as Tom Lehrer sang. I'm sure the Saudi's on one side and the Iranians on the other would love to pull it off but I can't see either side being strong enough to make it work.
It's the Arab nationalist fantasy that if only all the external bad guys stop holding the arabs down, the arabs would miraculously prove their entire history is not representative of their capabilities and propensities, and instead they will unite into one glorious peaceful and yet world beating race of supermen.
