[Garth Tater]

I’m still confused. Is Obama bowing to the Saudis? Then why give $150 billion and a nuclear green light to the Iranians. I know they’re both Muslims, but don’t they hate each other?

There is no rhyme or reason that a person raised in a civilized society can make of the middle east. The centuries old hatreds between the various islamic sects, between the various clans within the sects and now between the various nations all ensure a bubbling sh!t stew where no one thing explains anything over there. And even if you do manage to find a morsel of reason in that stew of hatred by the time the sun rises again someone will have eaten it or stolen it.

[Pearls Before Swine]

There is no rhyme or reason that a person raised in a civilized society can make of the middle east.

Nicely said.

Sometimes I think Obama pictures himself as the great Muslim unifier, so he roots for Sunni and Shia as the situations arise, unless it interferes with his immediate election needs. Syria is an unexplainable mess to me. Our threatening Russia in their backyard is writing a check we can't (and shouldn't) cash. It would as if the Russians were fooling around somewhere near the US. It's a geographically impossible situation, especially with unreliable Turkey as a key part in the logistics chain.