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The Middle East’s Franz Ferdinand Moment
ForiegnPolicy.com ^
| 04/08/15
| J.M. Berger
Posted on 04/08/2015 11:59:03 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper
Why the Islamic State's claimed attack in Yemen could spark an Arab World War.
Did the Islamic State start a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran? The crisis in Yemen is one of the more complicated stories to emerge from a complicated region. It involves a cyclone of explosive elements: religious extremism, proxy war, sectarian tension, tribal rivalries, terrorist rivalries, and U.S. counterterrorism policies. There is little consensus on which element matters most, although each has its fierce partisans.
(Excerpt) Read more at foreignpolicy.com ...
TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; isis; israel; waronterror; yemen
That darn JV team....
To: winoneforthegipper
Can’t read the article unless you subscribe...F- that!
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posted on
04/08/2015 12:04:21 PM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
To: winoneforthegipper
Taking out Saddam Hussein has had its consequences. Yes, it’s George Bush’s fault.
To: gr8eman
you should be able to access...?
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posted on
04/08/2015 12:06:49 PM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
The situation was quite stable as long as US forces were in Iraq and the US was viewed as a credible military force in the region.
Barack Hussein Obama withdrew the forces, allowing the Iranians to expand their influence in Iraq and ISIS to come into being, not G.W. Bush.
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posted on
04/08/2015 12:08:24 PM PDT
by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
To: Zuben Elgenubi
Eh, in actuality it was the promoting of the Islamic Brotherhood in Egypt by Obama that lit the fire but thanks for playing.
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posted on
04/08/2015 12:10:18 PM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Iran destroyed Yemen. ISIS just arrived in a spot where a civil war has been going on for a couple of years, and it given the blame? Sounds like Obama's Partisan Media Shill army, standing with some muzzies as the winds continue to blow in an ugly direction.
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posted on
04/08/2015 12:10:51 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: winoneforthegipper
Nope...it comes up with a screen with all of their stories and when you click on this story a window pops-up and says you have to subscribe. Fail
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posted on
04/08/2015 12:13:49 PM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
To: gr8eman
weird...I have read that article for an hour now...lol
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posted on
04/08/2015 12:16:19 PM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: gr8eman
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posted on
04/08/2015 12:18:16 PM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
Well this theory is better then the Houtis got upset because the US was droning their enemy Al Qeada theory. This author though misses the primary motive. ISIS is under attack from Iran in Iraq and Syria. So they are now taking the war to Iranian allies. What a fine mess the US State Department has caused in Syria. Capped off of course by Obama pulling US troops out of Iraq. Of course if causing WWIII was your primary motive, then everything is going as planned.
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posted on
04/08/2015 12:54:35 PM PDT
by
justa-hairyape
(The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
To: winoneforthegipper
If there is to be an “Arab World War” let it happen as long as it is muslim killing muslim. Once one side wins I would bomb the crap out of them and tell them there is more where that came from if they don’t behave.
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posted on
04/08/2015 2:42:43 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
To: winoneforthegipper
The left has been waiting for it for a while.
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posted on
04/08/2015 2:45:24 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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