Another viewpoint , most notably held Defending by J. R. R. Tolkien , is that the poem is an elegy on a terrible loss and that the monastic author pinpoints the cause of the defeat in the commander 's sin Committing_crime of pride , a viewpoint bolstered Supporting by the fact that is , in every other attested instance , used to describe Statement Satan 's pride .

Pessimism for Granada 's future existed Presence before its ultimate fall Motion_directional ; in 1400 , Ibn Hudayl wrote Writing `` Is Granada not enclosed Placing between a violent sea and an enemy terrible in arms , both of which press on its people day and night ? ''

`` Personal relationships were in trouble and it put Self_motion a terrible strain on everybody , emotionally and physically , '' agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act Illsley .

Abdullah held Defending the Jewish Agency responsible for the massacre Killing because they were the head of Jewish affairs in Palestine , and warned Warning about `` terrible consequences '' if more incidents Catastrophe like that occurred Presence .

Others sought Hold hiding Hiding_objects places where they could , and , ill-equipped to overnight in the prevailing terrible cold , died Death of exposure .

In 1996 , the governments of the United States and Iran reached Achieve a settlement at the International Court of Justice which included Cause_to_be_included the statement Statement `` ... the United States recognized Know the aerial incident of 3 July 1988 as a terrible human tragedy and expressed Expressing_publicly deep regret over the loss of lives caused Causation by the incident ... '' As part of the settlement , even though the U.S. government did not admit legal Legality liability or formally apologize Judgment_communication to Iran , it still agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to pay Commerce_pay US $ 61.8 million on an `` ex gratia '' basis , amounting to $ 213,103.45 per passenger , in compensation to the families of the Iranian victims .

As the stalemate continued in terrible conditions through the summer , reinforcements began Process_start to arrive Arriving to replace Change_of_leadership the large number of casualties suffered Bodily_harm by the EEF during the previous fighting for Gaza , while several additional divisions also arrived Arriving .

The besiegers were undermined Destroying by disputes between the French and Spanish officers and terrible conditions in their trenches and bastions , which led to Causation outbreaks of epidemic disease and undermined morale .