After MB took a hit in Egypt, Turkey is their major outpost of power now. Erdogan wants America to do the MB’s dirty work - it’s to transparent. Obama, as a supporter of MB, of course wants to do it, and even get the Republican Party to willingly sign on! The best thing would be if some patriotic generals in Turkey took the reins and put these Erdogan and his whole crew in prison.
No, Turkey is not the MB’s major outpost of power now. The MB is the prison bitch of whomever’s paying the bills, same goes for the various al Qaeda groups, the dozen or more splinter groups of the PLO, etc.
Turkey is also not Salafist, or Wahhabist. Turkey’s muzzie population is primarily Sunni, but about a quarter of Turkey is Shiite (many support Assad); there are also Sufis, Bahai, a tiny Christian community (split among four sects it sez here) and a tinier Jewish community (two branches), and the country is mostly Turkish, with a large Kurdish minority, and at least a couple dozen other ethnic groups in small numbers.
The Syrian rebel factions were funded by various govs: the former emir of Qatar, who “retired” not long ago, was funding the most successful of the hardline jihadists, who were trying to murder the leadership of other factions, including the FSA. The emir was basically deposed by his son, who stopped the hemorhage of cash to both Syria and Egypt’s MB, leading to the successful Assad/Iran/Hizbollah offensive a couple of months ago, as well as the overthrow of the Morsi regime in Egypt.
Qatar was a major host for US forces during the buildup for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, which downfall was of distinct benefit to Iran; the MB Morsi regime in Egypt was also close to Iran. The Saudis opposed both Saddam’s overthrow and the ascendancy of the MB in Egypt.
The Saudis have several irons in the fire, trying to reestablish influence in Lebanon, and supporting still other militias in Syria, while supplying aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, and probably Turkey.
On FR the main Saudi role is as scapegoat; ultimately all Islam has to be destroyed in order to have a civilization on Earth, but the Saudis have been so incompetent they are far down the depth chart of the team of enemies we face. Meanwhile, supporters of Assad support the Iranian mullahcracy’s jihadists.
Muslim Brotherhood denounces ‘Syria strike’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3060064/posts
Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Secretary General Rejects Iran And Doesn’t Trust Hezbollah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2844904/posts
iran runs al qaeda in iraq site:freerepublic.com