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This was a little article in the Express this week. I have searched for it but it's more of a by-line so hasn't come up and didn't come up in a google search either.
"A summary of Middle Eastern politics going round the internet sent in by a reader: 'We support the Iraqi government against IS. We don't like IS but IS is supported by Saudi Arabia whom we sort of like. We don't like Assad in Syria. We support the fight against him but IS is also fighting him. We don't like Iran, but Iran supports the Iraqi government against IS. So some friends support our enemies, some enemies are now friends, and some enemies are fighting our other enemies, whome we want to lose but we don't want the enemies fighting them to win. If those we want to defeat are defeated they may be replaced by people we like even less. And it was all started by Blair invading a country to find something that wasn't really there in the first place.'"
Confused, and this is only the CURRENT situation? Further update next week. That's Middle Eastern politics I suppose!
I believe in offering every assistance short of actual help but then mainly just want to be left to be myself in all my difference and uniqueness.
Don't forget that Iran also supports Assad, and uses its proxy army, Hezbollah, to assist him. The Saudis now don't like the IS because they are being replaced as the great Muslim caliphate by a group so hellish as to make Wahabi extremism look like kindergarten.
As a matter of fact, the sun DOES shine out of my ...
It is not that difficult to understand. Just follow the money trail.
If there is a particular ethnic or religious group with a historical grievance they will usually not get any backing from "Big Finance" unless there is a possibility of someone making a huge financial gain. However, when there are commodities such as oil or diamonds to be grabbed the money and excuses will quickly be found.
There are always plenty of people who are prepared to go out to kill or be killed, but usually it is not economically viable for them to mount big military operations like that in Syria.
Perhaps we need to examine the role of the major oil companies in all of this.
As for the details of Middle Eastern politics, it is hard for an outsider to guess. Actually, it is hard to guess the ramifications of the Scottish referendum, let alone the politics on the other side of a cultural chasm.
