Posted on 01/04/2016 7:40:41 AM PST by tcrlaf
Over the weekend, a series of dramatic events stemming from Saudi Arabia’s execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr plunged the Mid-East further into chaos.
The torching of the Saudi embassy in Tehran prompted Riyadh to cut diplomatic ties with the Iranians and on Monday, Bahrain quickly followed while the UAE recalled its ambassador.
Now, the stage is set for a full blown sectarian showdown complete with protests by oppressed Shiites in the Gulf states, anti-Sunni sentiment in Iran and Iraq, and, in a worst case scenario, a direct (as opposed to a proxy) conflict between the Saudis and the Iranians.
This morning, the headlines surrounding the turmoil are coming fast and furious and in the latest escalation, the Saudi foreign ministry says the kingdom will now cut all commercial ties with Iran.
SAUDI ARABIA TO CUT OFF IRAN COMMERCIAL TIES, FM SAYS: REUTERS
According to Reuters, all flights to and from Iran will be stopped and Saudi citizens will be banned from traveling to the country.
All commercial ties with Iran being cut off, Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel Al-Ahmad Al-Jubeir said, Reuters tweeted. Citizens banned from traveling to Iran Severing of ties comes after years of aggression; Iranian pilgrims welcome in Saudi Arabia, Al-Jubeir said, according to Al-Arabiya tweets of comments on Reuters
Apprently, the Saudis are set to use the embassy fire and the protests at the consulate in Mashhad as an excuse to reapply the "pariah state" label to Tehran just as the lifting of international sanctions was set to usher in a fresh start for relations between the West, its regional allies, and the Iranians.
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The only exception is religious pilgrims.
Let the follows of the prophet fight it out to prove how understanding and peaceful they are - and ban all travel (ie. immigration) from the region when the sh** hits the fan.
All of this chaos and killing because of an argument whether mullas should be directly related to Mohamhead or not.
Where is the liberal outrage on this?
You gonna take that, Iran?
Khamenei keeps shooting himself where it hurts.
Saudi sanctions will have more of an impact on the Khomeinist regime than Western sanctions ever did.
Iran finds itself isolated in the Muslim World.
Which is a humiliating low for the mullahs who run it.
But...but...but...the msm told me that Secretary of State John “Efin” Kerry had solved ALL the M.E. turmoil!
The Sauds are toast. They just don’t know it yet.
Not to worry. Putin has offered to serve as “mediator”
Let 2016 be The Year.
Can one be directly related to a goat?
Now Bahrain has joined Saudi Arabia in cutting off diplomatic relations with Iran. Jordan is probably next. It only took Obama's deal with the mullahs six months to push the Islamic world to the brink of war and threaten the survival of the Saudi regime - the US's strongest ally in the Persian Gulf.
Quite an accomplishment. Good thing Ben Rhodes said that implementing the nuclear deal with Iran is one of the key goals of Obama's last year in office. We have so much more to look forward to in the coming year...
lets do the little odd scenario that Iran decides to militarily send a message to SA....and overnight....oil suddenly goes back up to $75 a barrel and in two weeks up to $120 a barrel. Who would it benefit the most at this point....Iran? I seem to think that the US might not want to be so eager to help SA.
We will be stuck defending SA. They still have the oil that Europe and Asia need. Closure of the Straits of Hormuz would be disaster. I wonder how the pipeline to the Red Sea is doing?
SOS John Kerry agreed to defend Iran from attack.
And our dear leader gave Iran the candy store.
Yeah, Barack isn’t going to be happy with Saudi Arabia killing those Shiite clerics and sanctions on his Iranian friends.
The Obamites might end up supporting both sides.
Just a few more years before they are lobbing nukes at each other. Maybe sooner than later.
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack !
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