...are in a position of probably maximum historic strength.
So, right now would be the time for both to negotiate.
Alas, the leaders of the two peoples are arguably the worst combination in decades: their chief (only?) aim is to remain in power.
So, we have two peoples, and two groups of leaders, whose aims are or should be aligned, but whose, likewise aligned, leaders make a solution impossible.
A cataclysmic irony of fate.
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