[AfricanChristian]

So sad that the US is leaving Iraq to an Iranian trained and supported Islamic fundamentalist. In case anyone has forgotten his/her geography, Iraq is right next door to Saudi Arabia. Nothing would please the Iranians as much as destabilizing Saudi Arabia, and it is right within their grasp.

The Saudi monarchy is corrupt, authoritarian and frankly speaking, ripe for overthrow. If Syria goes, Saudi Arabia will totter and fall.

I am scared.

What have we got now? We’ve got an increasingly unfriendly Egypt, an aggressive Turkey, a Sunni fundamentalist Syria and Iran.

Israel stands alone.

The only foreign option for the US in the Middle East is to unite its friend(s) and divide its enemies (Syria, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia). If the US allows these nations to unite behind a common Islamic identity - we are in for quite a bit of trouble.

[Palter]

Those consequences should have been thought out once the idea of taking out Iraq was evolving.

Iraq was a natural buffer to Iran and a devil we knew.

However, all of that matters not to central planners who think they can bring peace and stability to a cursed land; no matter the cost to our treasure and citizen.

[chesty_puller]

Israel stands alone.

Israel will be forced to go nuclear. I hope they can wait until Perry or Palin or this world is in big trouble. This will make all of Israel's wars look like paintball.

[mcshot]

I suspect that is one of zero’s goals.