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by cperciva 3104 days ago
I disagree about the memorability of bringing peace to the Middle East... because once peace arrives, it will be longer be a famous conflict zone.

Quick, who was involved in bringing peace to Northern Ireland?

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Yah, you've got a point there.

But I have to distinguish peace in Israel vs. peace in the Middle East.

Peace in Israel is likely to be a military kind of peace where no one dares attack, and with the Palestinians having their own state, no one has a good excuse anymore.

But they will still have bad excuses, because no one is even trying to bring peace to the Middle East.

i.e. it will be a famous conflict zone for a lot longer than you might expect because of Sunni/Shia conflict.

Also the underlying hate and antisemitism will persist even after the Palestinian negotiate a state, giving another reason for it to stay a famous conflict zone.

> Quick, who was involved in bringing peace to Northern Ireland?

St. Patrick :)