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2017-11-14 Arabia

Why is Saudi Arabia so determined to destroy Hezbollah?

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Posted by trailing wife 2017-11-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 The only problem is, Saudis themselves are no better.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-11-14 03:07|| 2017-11-14 03:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course, g(r)omgoru. The Saudis partially own Al Qaeda and ISIS, sharing Al Qaeda with Iran.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-11-14 09:31|| 2017-11-14 09:31|| Front Page Top

#3 They probably share ISIS as well - cui bono?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-11-14 09:50|| 2017-11-14 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 I understood ISIS to be a Sunni operation propped up by Saudi Arabia to (a) get the worst zealots out of the magic kingdom (b) fight the Shia takeover of the region.

ISIS is basically gone leaving the Saudi's a bit desperate.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-11-14 10:01|| 2017-11-14 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Who benefited most from ISIS?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-11-14 10:31|| 2017-11-14 10:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Saudi Arabia as it kept the Shia from consolidating gains in Iraq.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-11-14 14:13|| 2017-11-14 14:13|| Front Page Top

#7 No Iran, who got free pass on it's nuke program + Iraq as a satrapy.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-11-14 14:17|| 2017-11-14 14:17|| Front Page Top

#8 I could be wrong but I think Iran got a free pass first, projected into the region after the US pulled out peacekeepers, and ISIS was the Sunni response.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-11-14 17:01|| 2017-11-14 17:01|| Front Page Top

#9 And once Iraqi "army" run from ISIS, it was reconstituted - with USA support - from Shia militias. The ones owned by Iran. What, you think Obama gave all this money and threatened using USA forces to stop IAF attack on Iran's nuclear assets just on ValJar's say so?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-11-14 17:24|| 2017-11-14 17:24|| Front Page Top

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