Friday, September 06, 2013

A Short Guide and Chart To the Middle East Confusion



It says:

 “Sir, Iran is backing Assad. Gulf states are against Assad!

 “Assad is against Muslim Brotherhood. Muslim Brotherhood and Obama are against General Sisi.

 “But Gulf states are pro-Sisi! Which means they are against Muslim Brotherhood!

 “Iran is pro-Hamas, but Hamas is backing Muslim Brotherhood!

 “Obama is backing Muslim Brotherhood, yet Hamas is against the U.S.!

 “Gulf states are pro-U.S. But Turkey is with Gulf states against Assad; yet Turkey is pro-Muslim Brotherhood against General Sisi. And General Sisi is being backed by the Gulf states!

 “Welcome to the Middle East, and have a nice day.”

And here is a chart: (This might take too long to hold John McCain's attention--I'm sure it's far too boring and playing poker on his iPhone is far more entertaining.)


Washington Post: Update:" Some readers have raised a few fair quibbles with the chart. The biggest is that it’s not totally accurate to say that Israel supports Syrian rebels; although they certainly don’t care for Assad and have previously bombed Syrian weapons and nuclear installations, they’re not exactly rooting for a Libya-style rebel takeover, either. And al-Qaeda doesn’t just hate the Assad regime, it also hates the United States, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and others. All of which helps to drive home that the Middle East is even more complicated than it appears on this already crazy-complicated chart."

My take:

Basically its not really that complicated, in my opinion. At the end of the day, when all is said and done, a Muslim is a Muslim and will fight for Islam against all infidels. Islam hates the West, and the US in particular (and has since our earliest years as a new country), and Israel (for centuries, and we see this in the history recorded in Genesis in Scripture). Its that simple. Any "moderate" Islamic country ultimately will be loyal to Islam and the Middle East. (Perhaps my version is short enough for McCain to ascertain.)

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