I must confess: patience is not one of my natural gifts. In a world that functions at the push of a button, every delay often feels like defeat. Over time, however, I am beginning to understand that this demand for “now” is a modern illusion — and one that makes us vulnerable. I am learning, with difficulty, that patience is not passive endurance, but a form of inner architecture. And precisely for that reason, patience is no minor matter geopolitically. Anyone looking at the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran quickly recognizes this: it is often not the fastest or loudest who prevails, but the one who can withstand pressure without abandoning his strategy.
The conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran reveals not only military or economic tensions, but also a deep cultural and spiritual difference in the understanding of time, patience, and strategy.
Not for the first time, one gets the impression that the Iranian ayatollah regime — like various Arab regimes in the Middle East before it — is willing to think in longer historical...
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