I wish someone would just say it
The Saudis are backing the Iraqi Sunni insurgency.
This AP piece approaches it very backhandedly,
The reality is that by tragically converting Iraq from a secular state to a Shia dominated state, the US has altered the long term balance in the middle east. Iraq was the counterbalance to Iran, and now that it is gone, the Saudis have to take up that role.
Again, the failures are far bigger than just Iraq.
This AP piece approaches it very backhandedly,
Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the region, has been putting its economic and diplomatic weight behind groups in direct confrontation with factions backed by Iran in every major conflict zone in the region — Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.
The reality is that by tragically converting Iraq from a secular state to a Shia dominated state, the US has altered the long term balance in the middle east. Iraq was the counterbalance to Iran, and now that it is gone, the Saudis have to take up that role.
Again, the failures are far bigger than just Iraq.
posted by mikevotes at
4:11 PM
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As I was reading this, I could not help but think of the old Star Trek series and how we have failed to follow the Prime Directive! Just a thought. It doesn't fit exactly but any 'good intentions' seem to be having major repercussions.
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Ptelea, at 8:19 PM
I get where you are. We meddled in something far more complex than our understanding, and the resulting reaility is far worse than that which the administration claims to have forseen in levels and places we hadn'timagined.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 9:29 PM
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