Pariah = an outcast.
Stating that the US’ and Israel’s war against Iran is a failure is a gross understatement. The hubris and bellicose styles of President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have caused suffering but could also be blessings in disguise.
Twenty-nine days have passed since the US and Israel unleashed their bombs and death on Iranians. Both, intoxicated with their hubris, believed that only a surgical strike would do the job. Murder the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and the country’s leadership would capitulate.
After 29 days, Iran has not crumbled but has offered stiff resistance and wreaked havoc in the Middle East. On the contrary, and in the face of a land invasion that many claim will end in disaster, public opinion has shifted towards Iran.
Strait of Hormuz. Source CBC.
In my native Argentina, the hubris of the military regime was the first clear indication that it was dying, and, eventually, had to relinquish power and call elections.
In the Middle East we are seeing a similar matter. Trump and Netnyahu, whose actions reveal their racism and hatred for Muslims, believed that their superior air power would do the job.
It didn’t but instead has made the global economy vulnerable and put it on the precipice of a deep recession.
What will be the political outcome of the war? One of these could spell the end of US hegemony in the region and the end of corrupt Gulf State kingdoms like Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. All of these states would see their present corrupt leaders ejected from power.
Trump and Netanyahu in their natural home. Source: Indepthnews.
Where would that leave Israel? With Netanyahu behind bars, it could lead to a new era where Israel would learn to live with its Arab neighbors. The gesture of hope and peace would permit the birth of a long-overdue Palestinian state.
Building peace is a long path and we must begin that task now.
Handala is a ymbol of Palestinian defiance.