Thursday, April 9, 2015
We can't be on both sides! It would be more sensible to be on neither.
The increasingly savage conflict in Yemen seems to be a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran; USA is supporting the Saudis with satellite intelligence and heavy weapons. The Salafist Wahabi faction in Saudi Arabia is the philosophical base of IS or ISIS, and Iran, a Shia Islamic republic, is fighting against ISIS, with covert US (and Canadian) support. Iran supports the Assad regime in Syria, and despite this regime's war crimes, USA (and Canada) are getting closer to overt support for Assad and Iran too. But USA (and Canada) regard Saudi Arabia as a staunch ally in the Middle East, along with Israel, which doesn't get along well with Saudi Arabia and is implacably hostile to Iran. USA (and Canada) seem to be on both sides at once. I'm bewildered. I'd prefer to be aloof, neutral in this melee.
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I think the Western world, North Americans should get their noses, fingers and fuel pumps out of these countries. It troubles me that there are factions within factions fighting with each other. Sad that the innocent citizens are caught in the middle.
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