How do we solve the problems of the Middle East? Is it possible to bring peace to the area?
The Middle East is riven with seemingly unsolvable problems. People are in revolt. Violence and despair are everywhere. Humanity is being destroyed. Civilization is ceasing to exist. I believe the West can solve these problems. I believe the West should intervene in a big way and should solve the Middle East’s problems. By force if necessary. The Middle East Countries are a Western Construct. All the borders were imposed by the European Powers. They have been in existence for 100 years and some citizens have taken on a vague loyalty to a regional area. But all governments have only been able to stay in power through the use of force. Military, Religious and Secular Dictatorships have only been able to exist by the imposition of terror. There is not one country in the Middle East that does not owe its existence to the fact that its inhabitants are kept in a state of terror. When the rule of law is attacked or the state is even slightly weakened the country descends into chaos. Except for Israel. Israel is the only democracy in the region. It is the only country in the region that has any loyalty to the concept of the rule of law. It is a fact of History that a state of Israel existed in the region 2000 years ago until it rebelled. It was broken up by the Roman Empire and the Jews were expelled. The area and concept of Palestine is a Roman construct. But for the past 2000 years a Jewish presence has been maintained in Palestine and their religion has had as one of its precepts the desire to return to Jerusalem. Jews have clung to Palestine and Jerusalem and despite many attempts to expel them they have remained a constant presence. In the 19th century a secular movement called Zionism was established and Jewish migration back to Palestine was encouraged. By the end of the 1st World War the Palestine/Jewish population was approximately 50/50. After the 2nd World War the Western Powers being so ashamed of the numbers of Jewish people that had been killed were sympathetic to the existence of the State of Israel. And because of a self-interest they took the opportunity of removing whatever Jews remained in each European country by allowing the migration of the remaining Jews who wanted to leave and go to Palestine. Except for the Jewish Community in the UK pretty well all the remaining Jews of Europe did go. The British who held the UN mandate over Palestine did not want the mass migration of Jewish refugees descending on Palestine but they proved powerless to stop it. In 1949 the state of Israel was proclaimed and recognized by the UN. It has existed ever since despite all the other countries in the Middle East having the destruction of Israel as the cornerstone of their Government Policy. With every conflict with its neighbors Israel has increased its territory. They occupy large tracts of Palestine. The Israeli Government has unwisely allowed Jewish settlements to be built within the occupied west bank of the Jordan River. Any new State of Palestine will have to accept theses settlers as citizens. Israel is now recognized by some of its neighbors but its existence is parlous by any standard. And because of this insecurity Israel has instituted policies that unfortunately discriminate unfairly on its Arab Citizens and the Palestinian Citizens of the occupied areas. There are a number of conditions that have to be imposed to ensure peace and stability in the rest of the Middle East. These should be imposed by force if necessary. By Military means if required. All the countries of Europe including Russia will have to be involved. Egypt and Iran will have to be involved to the point of guaranteeing decisions that are reached. A State of Palestine will be recognized by Europe and the UN. It will include both the West Bank and Gaza. Israel will give up some of its territory to the new State of Palestine and will embrace the new State as its closest ally. The boundaries of Jordan will be re defined. Jordan will give up territory to the new State of Palestine but will be reimbursed with territory that is now part of Saudi Arabia. A new country of Kurdistan must be set up and recognized. The countries that now have Kurdistan areas within their borders must give up their territory voluntarily. Turkey will have to give up its part of Kurdistan but in return Turkey will be admitted immediately into the European Union. Iraq, Iran and Syria will all have to give up the Kurdistan territories within their current boundaries. Iraq must be divided into zones to satisfy their determination to split into factions. One of the zones or states must be classed as secular. The country of Iraq can continue as a National federation with a central government. But the separation of powers between the central government and the states will be strictly defined. The boundaries of Jordan will be redefined. Jordan will give up territory to the new state of Palestine but will be reimbursed with territory that is now part of Saudi Arabia. The size of Saudi Arabia will be reduced considerably. A new reasonably sized secular democratic republic will be set up from territory that previously was part of the northern area of Saudi Arabia. This new country will serve as a buffer between it and Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. The existence of both Israel and Palestine will be guaranteed unequivocally by the Western Powers. All the new borders of each Middle Eastern country will be recognized by the UN. Iran will immediately recognize all countries and guarantee their borders. Egypt will immediately recognize all countries and guarantee their borders. All countries will be encouraged to become democracies and to accept the rule of law as being paramount. Strong institutions rather than strong leaders will be the guiding philosophy for each country. The control of Jerusalem will remain in Israel’s hands. It might be possible to hand it over control of Jerusalem to the UN if Saudi Arabia also agreed to hand over control of Mecca to the UN. Both cities are religious icons and an argument can be put that the world would be safer if both cities were controlled by the UN. And religion was removed from the equation. This is probably not possible. Israel has been a benign occupier of Jerusalem and there is no cause for concern if Israel continues to control Jerusalem. The Caliphate of ISIL will be set up and recognized by all. Its borders will be rigidly defined and its borders initially will be controlled by a UN force. Once recognised and its borders defined the Caliphate will have to exist and deal with its own problems. Its reasons for attacking Syria and Iraq will no longer exist. Syria and Iraq will voluntarily give up territory and recognize the Caliphate State. The Caliphates size will be limited to more or less as the exact same size as Israel. If it ever decides to invade a neighbor all countries in the Middle East and the UN will come to the victims aid. The democratic States will be guaranteed investment from the West. All the defined democratic countries will be multi party liberal democracies. Market economies will be the stated desire. The West will show their encouragement by sizable investment. Comments are closed.
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