The Middle East’s Franz Ferdinand Moment

ForiegnPolicy.com ^ | 04/08/15 | J.M. Berger

[winoneforthegipper]

Why the Islamic State's claimed attack in Yemen could spark an Arab World War.

Did the Islamic State start a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran? The crisis in Yemen is one of the more complicated stories to emerge from a complicated region. It involves a cyclone of explosive elements: religious extremism, proxy war, sectarian tension, tribal rivalries, terrorist rivalries, and U.S. counterterrorism policies. There is little consensus on which element matters most, although each has its fierce partisans.

[winoneforthegipper]

That darn JV team....

[gr8eman]

Can’t read the article unless you subscribe...F- that!

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Taking out Saddam Hussein has had its consequences. Yes, it’s George Bush’s fault.

[winoneforthegipper]

you should be able to access...?

[pierrem15]

The situation was quite stable as long as US forces were in Iraq and the US was viewed as a credible military force in the region.

Barack Hussein Obama withdrew the forces, allowing the Iranians to expand their influence in Iraq and ISIS to come into being, not G.W. Bush.

[winoneforthegipper]

Eh, in actuality it was the promoting of the Islamic Brotherhood in Egypt by Obama that lit the fire but thanks for playing.

[SunkenCiv]

Iran destroyed Yemen. ISIS just arrived in a spot where a civil war has been going on for a couple of years, and it given the blame? Sounds like Obama's Partisan Media Shill army, standing with some muzzies as the winds continue to blow in an ugly direction.

• Why is Iran Developing ICBMs? [2013]
• Iran's Arsenal Of Sunburn Missiles Is More Than Enough To Close The Strait [2012]
• Jihadis Report Of Syrian Meddling In Yemen [2009]
• Iran Deploys Troops, Ballistic Missiles To Eritrea [2008]
• Iran: Leader of the Sunni Movements (with an intro by Michael Ledeen) [2008]
• Secret aid for al-Qa'ida in Somalia [2007]
• Eritrea warns of "consequences" for U.S. in Somalia [2007]
• U.N. says Somalia arms embargo violated
  (Hezbollah's dirty hands in Somalia and Iran's Mahdi army ) [2006]
• Russians help Iran with missile threat to Europe [2005]
• Israeli minister: Iran doesn't need one centrifuge (video at link) [2014]
• Keyword: iranianmissiles

[gr8eman]

Nope...it comes up with a screen with all of their stories and when you click on this story a window pops-up and says you have to subscribe. Fail

[winoneforthegipper]

weird...I have read that article for an hour now...lol

[winoneforthegipper]

Try a direct link.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/08/the-middle-easts-franz-ferdinand-moment-yemen-saudi-arabia-iran-isis/?utm_content=buffer70831&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[justa-hairyape]

Well this theory is better then the Houtis got upset because the US was droning their enemy Al Qeada theory. This author though misses the primary motive. ISIS is under attack from Iran in Iraq and Syria. So they are now taking the war to Iranian allies. What a fine mess the US State Department has caused in Syria. Capped off of course by Obama pulling US troops out of Iraq. Of course if causing WWIII was your primary motive, then everything is going as planned.

[rfreedom4u]

If there is to be an “Arab World War” let it happen as long as it is muslim killing muslim. Once one side wins I would bomb the crap out of them and tell them there is more where that came from if they don’t behave.

[TBP]

The left has been waiting for it for a while.