View source for The pundits' platitudes do nothing to solve this crisis

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|author=Simon Jenkins
|source=The Guardian
|date=August 9, 2006
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1839984,00.html
|quote="Border wars can continue for decades without destabilising their regions. Even as this one engages powerful allies on both sides - from Iran to America - it need not embroil the wider world. Some conflicts are best left to their participants to resolve, however brutally."
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