John Bolton on the Future of the Middle East
by John Little on 27/11/2006If you have any doubts about the significance of the events in Lebanon you obviouslly haven’t been listening to John Bolton.
Hezbollah, along with other political forces allied with Syria, is expected to launch street demonstrations this week, aiming to force the resignation of Mr. Siniora and his cabinet.
Pro-Western groups have said they will respond with protests of their own, leading to worries that duelling street demonstrations could devolve into violence.
Mohammed Raad, the head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary caucus, said that out of respect for Pierre Gemayel, a Christian leader who was assassinated last week, pro-Syrian forces would give the government several more days to meet its demands.
“The ruling majority has a chance until the mourning period ends, and it should seize that opportunity, or else they will get themselves into a dark tunnel,” he said.
John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, upped the stakes over the weekend, saying that Lebanon was locked in a battle between “democracy and terrorism” that could decide the course of the entire region. “The future of the Middle East . may well be decided in the next several days.”
That’s a pretty ominous statement well, incredibly ominous, but fitting in a time where the whole world seems to be one incident away from catastrophe.
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