Much of the US interest in the Middle East is for oil that we don't need, being
domestically self-sufficient. Personally I'd like to draw a big red circle
around the region, such that if they attack outside the region, we use
uncompromising force on them, and we stay out of the circle, in the
Heard something watching the France24 channel last night - the statement being
that ISIS, wanting to establish a true Islamic state, is not interested in
taking all of Iraq, content instead to consolidate their current gains. Makes
sense - the country was designed by the Brits to always be
Fleetwood,
You've got to remember that ISIS is more radical than al-Qaeda. They're
spreading chaos now in Lebanon as we speak.
However, there are some people who believe that the Sunnis are just using ISIS
as a marriage partner of convenience for the sake of taking control over Iraq
as
Although not allies in the past, Syria, Iran and the USA appear to have a
common cause in the current political upheaval in Iraq. The age-old principle
in jyotish seems to apply here which is: the enemy of your enemy is your
friend. The enemy in this case is ISIS. Any questions?
On 6/27/2014 1:53 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Although not allies in the past, Syria, Iran and the USA appear to
have a common cause in the current political upheaval in Iraq. The
age-old principle in jyotish seems to apply here which is: the enemy
of your enemy is your
I agree somewhat with your assessment about the Syrian rebels. The USA should
not aid them since they could be allied with ISIS in the long run. But Obama
may be using a CIA assessment about the dynamics in Syria which we are not
privy to.
Independent of Obama's decision, it's definitely
