Se acerca una nueva guerra en Oriente Próximo?

Si leemos con atención el artículo de David Makovsky en el Washington Post de ayer, llegaremos a la conclusión de que estamos a las puertas de un nuevo conflicto armado. La cicatería de la diplomacia rusa, la inoperancia del gobierno israelí y el fanatismo irracional de sirios y palestinos forman los ingredientes principales de un nuevo cóctel molotow a punto de estallar en llamas:

Two other factors add fuel to the fire. First, Syria is colluding with Hezbollah to destabilize the Lebanese government, fearing Beirut’s commitment to prosecuting the killers of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, the beloved leader slain in February 2005.

Second, in an eerie echo of the run-up to the 1967 war, U.S. and Israeli officials say Moscow is once again telling Damascus that Israel has plans to attack Syria. Israeli security officials say that Syria’s new military deployments reflect this Russian advice. Concerned that such a deployment might dangerously turn from defensive to offensive, Olmert took the unusual step of declaring last month that Israel has no desire to start a war with Syria. But the prospects for miscalculation remain high. Syria believes that Israel sees war as a means of regaining a deterrent that was weakened last summer, and Israel believes that Syria sees its relationship with Iran and Hezbollah as a winning combination.

Llego vía Kosmoblog.