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I really don't know. But, the Balkans were a problem for generations. Then a dictator, Tito, took charge and stopped the fighting. He died and, bingo, the problems started again.

I remember a Kosovar being interviewed on U.S. television. The interviewer asked what the fight was about and he said, "Well, six hundred years ago they...." At that point I decided the problems wouldn't stop until one side was annhialated or an outside force stopped the hostilities.

I notice when people talk about peace in the middle east they only talk about the Isrealis and the Palestinians. I suppose they slept through the war between Iran and Iraq. I suppose the slaughter of the Kurds didn't concern them. Syria and Lebanon. Iraq and Kuwait. Egypt participated in the civil war in Yemen with Saudi Arabia support the other side. Egypt had a brief, four-day, border dispute with Libya.

Can a monarchy tolerate a neighboring democracy? Can a country that doesn't allow women to vote, or drive cars, tolerate a neighbor that does let women vote and drive cars?

I don't have much hope for more than a contentious peace.