... — Anyone who’s been paying attention to the Syrian vortex of death, and Russia’s role in ... ... taking a responsible and leading role in combating ISIS and preserving state sovereignty/the world order; ... ... Catholic Europe will be sending holy warriors in a crusade to fight Orthodox Russia’s attempts to ... ... by Alawate Shiites. It is backed by Shiite Persian Iranians and the Arab Shiite Lebanese militia Hezbollah.... ... to be Muslims. That is why so much money from rich Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar is going ...
A Sensible Grading of Obama’s Middle East Strategy: The Syrian Civil War
Grading Obama on what has—and has not—been ... ... largest and deadliest. Here, as in other situations, we have a crisis in which we must be careful not to blame Obama too much but ... ... and, unlike Qaddafi’s, had strong patrons in Russia and Iran who would complicate and increase the costs of any Western ... ... international meddlers in this conflict (e.g. Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, the Gulf states…), and 4.) since the overall post-2003 Iraq ...
... America will try very hard to distance itself from the Gulf.
It’s amazing that it’s taken us ... ... recently got in trouble for saying so, support for ISIS and other Islamic extremists and terrorists from ... ... ever-present-throughout-the-Gulf religious cult of Wahhabism/Salafism streams out of the Gulf like an ... ... foreign aid, Obama and Americans, as was/is the case in Syria and Iraq, seems to prefer a “don’t ... ... There’s a good chance for a thaw/deal with Iran in the near future.
More than any president ...