Posted on 11/19/2011 11:00:49 AM PST by Eleutheria5
Newly acquired intelligence reports indicate several Arab countries in the Middle East are lobbying the US to strike Iran this year, Israel's Channel 10 reported.
According to the report, which is said to be making its rounds in Britain's political circles, Saudi Arabia wants the Obama administration to attack Iran's nuclear facilities before the final withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
US president has vowed to close the door on American military involvement in Iraq by years end, but Riyadh is reportedly afraid Iran will use the American exit to take over the country.
Since 2008, officials in the Iraqi interim government have complained to Washington that both Iran and Saudi Arabia were, respectively, funding the Shiite and Sunni insurgencies that have plagued the country since the US-led invasion that toppled late dictator Sadam Hussein.
Security experts say Baghdad's security forces are unprepared to confront the rival insurgencies that hold Iraq in their grip - and that Obama's dogged drive to fulfill his campaign promise may have disastrous consequences both for the region and US interests.
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The Moslem Brotherhood is Sunni.
Thank God, but my original statement rings true. Obama is all about Obama. He will turn on anyone that stands in the way. He’s that guy!
No...I am not joking. Let them handle things themselves. It is not our responsibility or our business.
I fully agree with you, I was just talking tongue in cheek.
As far as I care, drop them all off the horizon.
If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Don't they know it might hurt the world economy? Iait till Iran has the bomb, the following war won't hurt the world economy. Just ask Leon Panetta.
“It all depends. Is Obama a Sunni, a Shiite or a Sufi?”
Judging by whom he supports and whom he’s opposed, I’d say Shiite.
“Shiites want victory through Armageddon and the rebirth of the Imam that went down the wishing well.”
Not all Shiites are Twelvers (Ahmedinejad is), but most of the jihadis/terrorists are Shiites (Al Queda, for example). They are brutal fundamentalists who want to obliterate Israel. Sunnis tend to be more reasonable in that area. The Shah of Iran was Sunni while Khomeini et al were Shiites.
“Shiites want victory through Armageddon and the rebirth of the Imam that went down the wishing well.”
Not all Shiites are Twelvers (Ahmedinejad is), but most of the jihadis/terrorists are Shiites (Al Queda, for example). They are brutal fundamentalists who want to obliterate Israel. Sunnis tend to be more reasonable in that area. The Shah of Iran was Sunni while Khomeini et al were Shiites.
Then we’re screwed vis a vis artzot habrit (America) in the near term, and have to hold out for a new prez in the long. Pray we don’t see any mushroom clouds in the interim.
Translation: The Wahabi-Sunni Muslim fundamentalist extremists of Saudi Arabia, and their Arab lackey states are asking Israel and the U.S. to strike-out their competitors for the title of king of the heap in Islam - the Shia Muslim fundamentalist extremist theocrats in Iran.
Sorry, we don't have a dog in that race; Israel might but the U.S. doesn't. If the Wahabi-led Sunnis and the Iranian led Shia want to go at each other to the bitter end, and Israel won't give the advantage to the Sunnis, we can and should stand aside, and hold our powder until time to go and pick up the pieces.
Most of them have air forces. Saudi Arabia has 200 F-15s and Tornadoes. Oman has F-16s and Jaguars. Jordan has F-16s and F-5s as well as Mirages. Have at it.
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