All glory is fleeting, especially in the Middle East. Israel thinks it’s going to remake the region. Good luck with that. From Bill Buppert at libertarianinstitute.org:
Sachs mentions Timber Sycamore which was a classified weapons supply and training program run by the CIA and supported by the United Kingdom and some Arab intelligence services, including Saudi intelligence. The aim of the program was to remove Syrian president Bashar al-Assad from power. CIA director David Petraeus first proposed a covert program of arming and training rebels in the summer of 2012. Initially, President Obama rejected the proposal, but later agreed, partially due to lobbying by foreign leaders, including from King Abdullah II of Jordan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This is the same “peace” President who expanded the anti-Shia crusade in both Syria and Yemen.
The conversation neglects one component to this puzzle: the long term Saudi Wahabbist Sunni objective (Wahhabism originated in the 18th century and is based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, a Hanbali cleric) has always been to maul and destroy the Shia Crescent in the Middle East. It is no mean coincidence that the areas in the Shia Crescent are Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Yemen, and western Afghanistan. You will find that all of those countries are in civil conflict or significantly rubbled with the exception of Bahrain and Azerbaijan. I suspect that Azerbaijan is being spared because of the convenient distraction they provide against Russia in the continuing conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. I suspect Bahrain will come into the cross-hairs of the axis once the remainder of the Shia Crescent is destroyed to the satisfaction of the American/Israeli foreign policy apparatus.
Thanks for publishing, Robert, big fan of your work.
Bill Buppert