STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - Peace Through Strength: The Only Way to Achieve Lasting Peace in the Middle East
Let’s dispense with the polite fiction: the Middle East does not reward wishful thinking. It punishes it. For too long, policymakers have dressed hard realities in soft language—calling fragile ceasefires “breakthroughs,” strained alliances “temporary disagreements,” and unstable political systems “transitions.” That approach has not delivered peace. It has prolonged instability. A more direct assessment is […] The post Peace Through Strength: The Only Way to Achieve Lasting Peace in the Middle East appeared first on StoneZone .
Let’s dispense with the polite fiction: the Middle East does not reward wishful thinking. It punishes it. For too long, policymakers have dressed hard realities in soft language—calling fragile ceasefires “breakthroughs,” strained alliances “temporary disagreements,” and unstable political systems “transitions.” That approach has not delivered peace. It has prolonged instability. A more direct assessment is overdue. Progress in this region depends on confronting facts head-on: ceasefires are often temporary, adversaries are deeply mistrustful, alliances require constant maintenance, and governance models that work in theory often fail in practice. Ignoring these truths doesn’t make them disappear—it makes them more…Open