Pope Francis and the Latin Patriach of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, have called on the world to join in a world day of prayer and fasting for peace in the Middle East for October 7. The fact that the war in Israel is marking its one-year anniversary underlines the absolute failure of diplomacy to create a sustainable peace.
In fact, the recent Israeli military advance into Lebanon and the bombings in Beruit were quickly paired with the Iranian bombing of Tel Aviv and an Israeli air base. Are we at a midpoint in a war of attrition, or is a peace settlement near?
The high probability that Israel has nuclear weapons and the medium probability that Iran has nuclear weapons or capability has again raised that Cold War vampire, mutual assured destruction, from the grave, although nuclear capability is probably irrelevant at this point. With all the hypersonic missiles and military hardware provided by the two competing military alliances (Israel and the United States vs. Iran and Russia), mutual assured destruction need not go nuclear. Arms are plentiful, destruction is easily at hand, and peace seems elusive.
In his letter, Pope Francis said the region is suffering an ongoing martyrdom. […]
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