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| Qatar, which Isolated Itself |
| 2017-06-07 |
| [Asharq al-Aswat] No country in the world was as patient with Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... ’s political transgressions as Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Bahrain, and UAE have been for the past two decades. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 I find the Turks authorizing troops for Qatar rather ominous. What a tangled web the region is becoming. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-06-07 20:49 |
| #5 Problem with American bases in Turkey. Think about American basing in Qatar. It will be like the British bases in Cyprus when the Turks invaded. Strictly a local affair they will stay out of. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-06-07 08:36 |
| #4 What is in it for Qatar? Shared gas field. Got it. |
| Posted by: Chesney Wittlesbach8478 2017-06-07 07:54 |
| #3 Qatar's Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani recent call for warmer relations with Iran has annoyed Saudi Arabia. I got that. But how much financial and intelligence support is Qatar giving Iran? And why? What is in it for Qatar? |
| Posted by: Chesney Wittlesbach8478 2017-06-07 07:47 |
| #2 Problem with American bases in Turkey. Think about American basing in Qatar. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-07 07:40 |
| #1 Background on the geopolitics. And is often the case, the geo is more important than the politics. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-06-07 02:13 |