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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSyrian government forces are moving north to counter Turkish forces: Al Jazeera.
Here we go, folks.
C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)Thanks, Trump
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)murder of the Kurdish Party Representative. The realignment of the Mid East is happening in real time.
Trump just created a no win scenario for the Arab World. The winner is Putin. He know controls the largest proven Oil Reserves on the Planet via de facto Governments under his influence.
Watch Saudi Arabia Civil War to break out early next year.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)tended to be historically accommodating to the Kurds. The Kurds helped us fight ISIS, not Syria and they helped free Iraqi territory from ISIS. Assad now gets a chance to coop the Kurds permanently by standing up to Turkey on their behalf.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Iran is Persian,a totally separate ethnic people from all of the rest. Iran will foment a Civil War in Saudi Arabia because of Ancient Tribalism. Turkey will Implode.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Primarily Arab Shia, it borders southern Iraq and contain the vast majority of Irans oil reserves.
Been a long pipe dream of the US to break it away from Iran.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Cheney tried this with Saddam,and things might just go that way in the future.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)saying that this group was in need of watching.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)many years working in Government Service in the Mid East,primarily in Iraq and Saudi trying to carve out a Kurdish Enclave and eventually a State.
The only upside is,he passed away from Brain Cancer about ten years ago so he is not around to see all his work being destroyed by a KGB officer and his lackey in the White House.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)When Israel gets involved, then all hell will break loose.
Pakistani PM Imran Khan is in Tehran trying to broker peace between Saudi Arabia and Iran, as we speak.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Iran has a Standing Army of 4 million which they put together after dealing with the US and Saddam.
Appears the only Military the Saudi's have are not very motivated to protect their King or his Family. The Saudi Air Force is mostly Merch's according to what we see come thorough here for Flight Training. Interesting when the Saudi's come in for Red Flag Training,they take over a whole Hotel on the Strip.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan will start fueling rebellion in the southeastern Turkish provinces that are majority Kurd.
I think we need to move all of our forces and equipment out of Turkey into Greece and reinforce the Greco-Turkish border in Turkish-occupied Eastern Thrace. We many need to push the Turks out and across the Bosphorus. Especially to house all of the refugees from a Turkish civil war.