Five Iranian aides in the city of Arbil on northern Iraq were arrested yesterday, just hours after president bush addressed the nation on his new measures to confront escalating situation in Iraq.
In the mean time, in recent weeks, Media close to republican camp have excessively focused on the crisis in Middle East which has now spread from strip of Gaza to China’s border with Afghanistan.
We also heard bush’s decision to send more troops to Iraq and to stop helps allegedly from Iran and Syria.
All these events and happenings as well as news and articles being published by credible sources signal a very real threat and warning in the region. Four years after Iraq’s invasion, the problem in Middle-East is no longer limited to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or anti-western and anti-American menace led by Iran. It is now a very grave and unpredictable potentiality of war between different sectarian-aligned powers in Middle East, a completely devastating war.
Wall Street Journal portrayed such possibility in a thorough article published on 01-09-07, titled If Iraq Worsens, Allies See Nightmate Case .
I see the problem in the Middle East as a very real imminent danger which is a matter of important concern. If the world powers including the United States neglect to take necessary measure aimed at cooling down the problem, there could be severe consequences not only for people and states of Middle East but for the whole world.
Although the war in Iraq has gone wrong and you can hardly find anyone today who support the war and despite many people claim that they have been all against the war from the first day, I believe Bush’s decision to put more troops on the ground in Iraq is the only remaining option. I even think that it might lack enough strength required to affect the insurgency and violence in Iraq.
If we fail to stop the violence and growing hatred between people of different faiths and sects in Iraq, sooner or later, we might face something much worse in scale and depth.