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Article: Afterwards, in the Middle East, may resemble before. (Kuwait-Iraq conflict)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- October 6, 1990
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Afterwards, in the Middle East, may resemble before
WHATEVER happens, it has become fashionable to say, the Middle East will never be the same again. If you believe what President George Bush told the United Nations on October 1st, Iraq has only to leave Kuwait in order to usher in a golden age. Iraq's quarrel with Kuwait could be negotiated away, new regional security structures could sprout in the Gulf, the Arabs' argument with Israel could come swiftly to an end and the lion (he forgot to add) could curl up with the lamb.
It does no harm, as the region descends towards the valley of war (see next story), to imagine the peaceful uplands beyond. Nor is ...