Posted on 03/29/2015 11:34:22 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
CAIRO — The Arab states said on Sunday that they had agreed to form a combined military force to counter both Iranian influence and Islamist extremism, a gesture many analysts attributed in large part to their drive for more independence from Washington.
The agreement came as American and other Western diplomats in Lausanne, Switzerland, were racing to beat a self-imposed deadline of Tuesday to reach a deal with Iran that would restrict its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of economic sanctions. In response, Saudi Arabia and other American allies in the region have made clear that they are seeking to bolster independent regional security measures because they see the proposed accord as a betrayal of Washington’s commitment to their security.
Regardless of Iran’s nuclear program, they complain, the deal would do nothing to stop Iran from seeking to extend its influence around the region by backing favored factions, as it has done in Lebanon, Iraq, Bahrain and Yemen. . .
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Thank GOD!!!
Arabs will come together under one commander and will then immediately opt for another pan-Arab attack on Israel.
No....Jordan, Egypt, etc. have Treaties with Israel....they will NOT do that.
Your concept of "success" in Yemen is just another example of your ignorance.
This will be most interesting to watch, even more interesting is to see how obama responds.
This is what obama gets when he picks winners and losers, and unknowingly surrenders the game, a new deck, a new game and a new dealer, all cards in play Jokers wild and trumps to be called by the dealer.
Personally I hope this will lead to the muzzies across the board destroying themselves, they will if we let them, we can go in after the fact and cut the cards in our favor or preferably just declare game over cast all players with any cards they have left into the fire.
I think Isaiah 19 is really interesting right now. However, I still can’t imagine a martial coalition of Muslims being a long term positive for anyone.
Obama will respond by golfing and the media will mostly ignore it.
If they are going to counter Islamist extremism, they had better give some thought to what Obama might do. He is the great spreader of chaos and transnational Islamism.
Well gosh, if they have treaties then that settles it.
I wonder why Israel still defends those borders. any ideas?
What a joke. What if the Sunnis are “Arabs”, What are the millions of Shiites all over the Middle East? CHOPPED LIVER ? This is a full out religious WAR!! Don’t fall for this media spin that some how its “Arabs “ against evil. Let me predict what is going to happen. Shiites are now massed on the Syrian border to go kill those godless Sunni “Islamic State “ boys. THEY WILL INVADE!!. In Yemen, the Iranian army will soon bolster the Houties-—BIG TIME. The gutless Saudis will get their air force bombed by Iran real bad. If you are in oil futures now, you will make millions on what I see. Here is what I want us to do-— NOTHING!!!
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Here is what I want us to do-— NOTHING!!!
I agree. Let them savage one another and be sure to let Israel know that we 100% support their right to self defense. One the fighting is over we let the winner know that we won’t put up with any of their crap.
An Arab NATO
More of an Arab Axis.
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