The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game we know of on this planet is the cat and mouse game played among nations who are at odds.
Whatever the reason for these conflicts, the results are usually predictable. This hasn’t changed since history was first recorded on cave walls.
The Middle East has always been a flashpoint and continues to be. Carving out one’s territory and protecting it in this part of the world is a dangerous game.
The main reason why this game is so dangerous is that a few global players have interests in the region. The regional players are powerful in their own right: Israel has nuclear capabilities and Iran is gaining in that arena.
The United States and a weakened but still dangerous Russia, are often on opposite sides of these situations. In fact, this is why the Israeli/Iran issue is of such high importance on a global scale.
Israel is now taunting Iran by blowing up installations and causing chaos using different methods, under the protected shield of a weak US president who blindly excepts what the Israelis do.
You can see the games being played in an article reported by Times of Israel by the TOI STAFF and AP from 5 July 2020, titled: Iran admits fire at Natanz nuclear site set back its centrifuge program.
King David’s World
King David was also a regional player in his time and knew well how to play this most dangerous game.
The Egyptians and Mesopotamians were the superpowers in that ancient world and often fought protracted battles that left both sides weakened in many pyrrhic victories.
King David and his twelve tribes, due to this ongoing battle between ancient superpowers, had free reign over his territory. Further, he was known by both warring parties and so was seen as the “Devil Known“. David was the benefactor of an on-going war.
Still, war chariots can destroy a village and perhaps take down an empire, but nuclear weapons hold ultimate destructive power. In fact, the 1973 Israeli/Arab conflict was the closest that the US and Russian have ever come to a nuclear conflict since the Cuban missile crisis.
Just as David was allowed to play in a vacuum of sorts, so modern-day Iraq and Iran played a game of regional chess. The two countries held each other in check, one not allowing the other to gain too much influence in the region. That game, however, was broken when Iraq moved into Kuwait, and the US and its coalition of forces started Desert Shield and continued with Desert Storm. Saddam Hussein was toppled and Iraq was brought to its knees.
The problem with this was that although then US President George Bush, the senior, stopped 100 miles short of Baghdad, Iraq was devastated and no longer able to act as a buffer against Iran.
The vacuum left by Saddam Hussein’s downfall left the Middle East in turmoil, gave rise to terrorist groups such as ISIS, and allowed Iran to play a much larger role in the region.
Now, Isreal and Iran face off against each other, with no other buffers except the United Staes and Russia.
This dangerous game has no end in sight!
Robert
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