Gulf states plan military response as Putin raises the stakes in Syria

UK Guardian ^ | 10-3-2015 | Emma Graham-Harrison and Saeed Kamali Dehghan

[tcrlaf]

There is a lot of money already invested in making the Saudi-Qatar pipeline to Europe possible. I don't think the Kingdoms give up, easily, since their futures likely depend on it.

[1rudeboy]

That’s funny. It’s always about pipelines. You could pick the most mountainous region on the Planet, and someone will come along and claim it’s about pipelines.

[MichaelCorleone]

Looks to me the ME is getting mighty close to full fledged war.

haven’t heard much from Israel. Or are they preparing quietly maybe?

[txrefugee]

Hopefully, President Trump will cut off the importing of any oil from the Middle East. We are awash in domestic production and do not need to prop up these disgusting regimes by buying their oil in the future. Let them sink into the desert sand.

[CMB_polarization]

“There is no future for Assad in Syria,” Saudi foreign minister Adel Al-Jubeir warned, a few hours before the first Russian bombing sorties began. If that was not blunt enough, he spelled out that if the president did not step down as part of a political transition, his country would embrace a military option, “which also would end with the removal of Bashar al-Assad from power”.

What kind of military response?

[CMB_polarization]

Israel has made a deal of some kind with Russia.

[Leaning Right]

So what does this mean, Saudi jets against Russian jets?

The worst part about such an event would be Obama's response. He would not be able to resist meddling on the behalf of the Saudis. And there would be no prior consultation with Congress, of course.

[SgtHooper]

Bingo! Let’s develop at home, and drop ME oil forever. Nothing good has come from filling their coffers with our cash.

[amorphous]

I don't think the Kingdoms give up...

I think the Kingdom's future is up. :-)

[Paladin2]

H8w do we pay the Saudis back for 9/11?

[Paladin2]

Who’s going to rein in Hamas?

[Southack]

No one outside of dark parental basements gives a hoot about mythological “pipelines.”

[amorphous]

http://www.middle-east-map.com/relief-map.htm

[tcrlaf]

You say that, forgetting that Russia’s future and economic livelihood depend on being Europe’s sole major
gas supplier, right now.

It’s why doing whatever Obama could to stop the South Stream Pipeline project was so important.

This is becoming an existential fight.

[tcrlaf]

see #14

[1rudeboy]

I think it’s an Alex Jones thing . . . it’s only a matter of time before one goes full-pipeline . . . .

[Captain7seas]

I second that!

[manc]

All coming out now since Russia started bombing.

Saudi’s have paid the Western Govts off,. Obama has not been bombing ISIS, but instead Assad forces, therefore Obama has started another war with another country and the media stays silent about the Nobel peace prize winner.

[ozzymandus]

Pipelines = money and power. The Gulf states are realizing they may have to fend for themselves as long as Obama is groveling to Putin.

[Southack]

“Pipelines” are a fantasy narrative. People completely out of the loop of active geopolitics, such as kids living in their parents’ basements, buy off on “pipelines” as the excuse for every action in the M-E.

It’s silly, clueless, and utterly wrong.

No one cares about pipelines. Heck, the Nigerians can’t keep bogies from stealing from and/or igniting their pipelines. Impossible to defend.