Mr. Trump said today: “Talks with Iran to continue, but ceasefire is over” (https://tinyurl.com/92cdzv97). The US President’s comment is making Bambi think of romantic couples who officially break up, but keep seeing each other.
Almost at the same time, Mr. Naim Qassem, current head of the Hezbollah, said: “there is no solution other than an Israeli withdrawal in return for the Lebanese Army’s deployment south of the Litani” . Of note, he had several months before the last round of war, and decades earlier, to allow this army to operate in Southern Lebanon. He contradicted himself further by adding: “We won’t be dragged into strife, but we will not allow anyone to insult us” (https://tinyurl.com/mrx2a2r6).
All the above is unfolding while Israel appears to be highly engaged in Lebanon’s talks, whether in Washington or soon in Rome, yet it keeps escalating its highly aggressive war acts in Southern Lebanon.
And what about the official Lebanon? Beirut is courageously defending its talks with Israel. Yet it does not seem to be concretely acting on the ground toward the disarmament of the Hezbollah.
And what about Iran and its Arab neighbours? Some of the latter, namely Qatar and Saudi Arabia sent official delegations to the funeral of the Iranian Ayatollah-dad (even if Iran acted in the nastiest way possible toward them). Yet Iran did not hesitate to bomb them again in retaliation against the USA’s threats.
To conclude this post, what can we understand from all the contradictory behaviours, as citizens who are sick and tired of this endless violence? Although the near, and surely far, future is hard to predict, thus far it does not seem to be promising for all the innocent people across the Middle AND worldwide. Despite this, it is Bambi’s hope that the light of safety, reason, peace, prosperity, and—love—will shine at the end of this destructive tunnel of war, for all and especially for Lebanon.
