The Middle East: Past, Present and Future

The geopolitical stability of Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran is contingent on a de-escalation of western imposition in the region. The reasons publicly cited by the west for its involvement in the Middle East are duplicitous and only reveal a portion of the actual justifications. Due to the failure of western countries to achieve intended goals in Middle Eastern countries, western influence will soon recede resulting in an advancing Iranian authority over the region bolstered by Iran's economic affiliation with Russia and China.

Western involvement in Middle-Eastern affairs is well documented and the consequential conflict can be attributed to this external manipulation. The clearest example of this is the British allocation of Palestinian lands to Zionist settlers, and the establishment of Israel in 1948, followed by further encroachment on Palestinian settlements in 1967. These actions are named by most Muslim leaders as being the root cause of that area's conflicts: on November 14, 2000, the leaders of 56 Muslim countries, attending a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference,[1] made a formal declaration condemning Israel for its subjugation of Palestinians. As the United States is the largest supplier of weapons and military technology to Israel, it is clear that western manipulation has enabled this predicament. The arming of a predominantly Jewish Israel by America has done nothing more than propagate the security dilemma it faces with the Muslim countries it borders. Without the one hundred billion dollars America has given Israel since 1949,[2] it would have had far less money for the military build-up that has exacerbated this impasse.