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2011-03-08 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2011-03-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 See also WAFF > {Stratfor] BAHRAIN AND THE BATTLE BETWEEN IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA.

ISLAMIST SHIA IRAN holds the LOW-RISK, HIGH GAIN dominant position vee the Sunni-centric Saudis in Jasmine-trubled ME + Persian Gulf, + also vee the US in Iraq = Iran's strong position is likely to remain as such even after the various "Jasmine" Mass Protests, Uprisings end.

WHILE CONTROL OF BAHRAIN + OTHER SMALLER GULF = ARABIAN STATES [Emirates] WILL ALSO ALLOW IRAN TO CONTROL THE WATERS + KEY LITTORALS OF THE PERSIAN GULF, IT IS ENUFF FOR IRAN THAT IT WILL SUCCEED IN LT AS LONG AS ITS AGENDA + INFLUENCE, ETC. IS NOT SERIOUSLY OPPOSED OR CHECKED BY US MIL FORCES IN THE REGION.

IOW, Iran = Radic Islam doesn't need to absolutely win - it just has to "NOT LOSE" TO ULTIMATELY DEFEAT THE US???

["Amer Dunkirk" + US-BASE-TOO-FAR QATAR here].

VERSUS

* PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > US CAN'T AFFORD TO BE BE TIMID IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL CHANGE.

* SAME > THE ARAB "WESTPHALIA".

French-style, homogenous, Ethnic-defined national border lines.

versus

SAME = A MIDDLE EAST WIDOUT BORDERS?

The NO-BORDERS-NEEDED, heterogenous ideal of the 1960s "UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC" [UAR] pan-Arab = universal concept.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-03-08 23:47|| 2011-03-08 23:47|| Front Page Top

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