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For the umpteenth time those who have been counting on the United States to play a competent peace-broker's role in the Middle East have been disappointed, because US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to the region last week not only failed to defuse the situation there but also prompted Israel Defense Forces to launch "precise and targeted" air strikes on targets in several places in Iran on Saturday, a day after he returned to the US. Blinken's weeklong visit to Israel, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, his 11th visit to the Middle East in one year ostensibly to mediate peace between the warring sides, ended in what in every sense of the term is a failure. The IDF's attack on Iranian targets has raised fears that the yearslong confrontation between the two powerful militaries could turn into an all-out regional war, drawing in the US and possibly other powers. Saturday's strikes, the IDF said, were in retaliation to Iran's missile attacks on Israel on Oct 1. Since launching a massive mi
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