For those to whom the recent US campaign against Syria seems a deja vu of last summer's "near-war" attempt to ouster its president Bashar al-Assad, which was stopped in the last minute due to some very forceful Russian intervention and the near breakout of war in the Mediterranean between US and Russian navies, it is because they are.
And as a reminder, just like last year, the biggest wildcard in this, and that, direct intervention into sovereign Syrian territory, or as some would call it invasion or even war, was not the US but Saudi Arabia - recall from August of 2013 - "Meet Saudi Arabia's Bandar bin Sultan: The Puppetmaster Behind The Syrian War." Bin Sultan was officially let go shortly after the 2013 campaign to replace Syria's leadership with a more "amenable" regime failed if not unofficially (see below), but Saudi ambitions over Syria remained
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If an old, hillbilly, Tar Heel may respond. On 9/12/2001, my hard-drinking young Muslim next door neighbor came on my front porch and asked "Mr. Horace, what is happening?"
ReplyDeleteWithout thinking I responded "I would guess the Royal of Said gave the order to bring those ostentatious Jewish-owned buildings down."
Since then I have educated myself by reading many books on Islam. I stand by my first remark.
Are there any politicians who cannot be bought with limitless wealth?
I would venture, only Ron Paul.
DeleteThat's the Royal House of Saud and you are right about Ron Paul. He towers over the rest.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I think of the possibility that Ron Paul might have won the presidency in 2012, it saddens me. There was a point during that December where he was running ahead of all Democrats and Republicans.
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