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Is the US changing sides in the regional conflict between Iran and its enemies?
Jerusalem Post ^ | 11/30/2013 09:14 | Jonathan Spyer

Posted on 11/30/2013 1:32:14 AM PST by Olog-hai

Even before any comprehensive agreement was reached on the nuclear file, Washington appears to have begun to dismantle the carefully assembled diplomatic structure seeking to contain Iranian regional ambitions.

A report by respected Washington-based journalist Hussein Abdul Hussein in the Kuwaiti Al-Rai newspaper this week revealed details of an indirect US channel with Hezbollah. … News items are also surfacing suggesting a stark split between the US and Saudi Arabia over regional policy in general, and policy toward Syria in particular. Saudi officials are going on the record expressing their alarm at the direction of American policy. …

So is the US in fact changing sides in the contest between Iran and those regional forces seeking to contain and turn back its advance? Michael Doran of the Brookings Institute suggested this week that Washington is in the first phase of seeking a “strategic partnership” with Iran, an “entente cordiale” which would see a US-Iranian alliance forming a linchpin of regional stability. If this is truly what the welter of evidence detailed above portends, then the Middle East is headed into a dangerous period indeed. …

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TOPICS: Editorial; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: genocide; iran; obama; rop; saudiarabia; threatmatrix
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To: AlexW

I’m afraid the U.S. is soon going to experience God’s full wrath for turning against Israel. We allowed it to happen.


21 posted on 11/30/2013 11:14:40 AM PST by Old Yeller (Obama: A dark spot in this country's history.)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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To: vanilla swirl

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To: vanilla swirl

You might be correct about V.J. being the real president.

I do think though, that zero is quite capable of turning on anyone, including the people who financed his education. The narcissist’s only principles and loyalty are to himself and to obtaining his required supply of adoration and approval.


24 posted on 12/10/2013 10:45:15 AM PST by CPO retired
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