Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Gray ya nuna cewa ainihin makircin kamar makircin 1956 don karɓar iko da Suez Canal
karfafa hasashe da kirkirar makircin makirci. Bayan Yakin Kwanaki shida na 1967 wanda ya haifar da nasarar da Larabawa suka yi, ka'idodin makirci sun fara samun karfin gwiwa a duniyar Larabawa. An dauki yakin a matsayin makircin Isra'ila da Amurka ko akasin haka: makircin Soviet don kawo Masar cikin yankin tasirin Soviet. Thomas Friedman ya lura da ra'ayoyin makirci da yawa game da yakin basasar Lebanon. Sun kasance "mafi yawan rashin tabbas, ra'ayoyin makirci masu ban tsoro wanda mutum zai iya tunanin... Isra'ilawa, 'yan Siriya, Amurkawa, Soviets, ko Henry Kissinger - kowa sai dai Labanon - a cikin makircin da suka fi dacewa don rushe yanayin kwanciyar hankali na Lebanon. "