like harassing the Lebanese forces etc. and it doesn't matter for what reason they violated the airspace and the agreement/Resolution. They were violations and they were repeatedly called out on it and this stuff was a daily occurrence. It's like if your neighbor is out illegally firing his shotgun at midnight and violating the law it doesn't mean you get to violate the law too just because he is. But as is typical in the Middle East these agreements are never made by the sides with the intent to comply but rather to play games and jockey for advantage for the next go round.
Meanwhile the world gets to pick up the tab for cleaning up the aftermath again and again decade after decade. The old colonial parties that have a huge responsibility for creating this mess to begin with sit and act like they are "honest mediators for peace" when they are still about jockeying for influence and power. It's garish at this point that they don't just come out and admit it because any review of the history from before WW 1 forward shows the British, French and the US backstabbing each other and the people in the region and making multiple promises to multiple parties over the same lands all in an effort to have the big 3 carving things up and calling shots. So the British for example made several agreements with Arabs for their help in WW 1 while making completely contradictory agreements with the leaders of the burgeoning Zionist movement.
The documents from the time show the British acknowledging these deceptions and worrying about people finding out and the ramifications. People like T. E. Lawrence, other British officials/officers and even some in the French sphere of diplomacy were warning about the lasting damage and conflict that would occur by lying to everyone involved and then trying to claim late that "we didn't do it". So here we are today and of course our Western media isn't going to tell us about the long history of treachery and lies in the region on the part of the Western nations. So we sort of end up with this media meme of "It's not right that the Arabs don't trust us. We're good people and they are just being obstinate in refusing to believe our assurances and promises. It's their own fault for not saying yes to our proposals."
The countries in the Middle East would have every good reason to never believe another word ever uttered by a Western nation government. It's like when the British say to the Irish "Come on you can trust us." Getting lied to over and over and over by the same people deserves to earn constant distrust. The world came and meddled in Middle Eastern affairs long long ago and they haven't stopped since. Now here we are. A total mess just like was predicted over a century ago. It was also easily predictable for those who actually knew a fair amount about the region but higher ups who knew little claimed to know better. It hasn't changed.
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