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Iran certainly has come out of this event better than the US. I don’t think they ever intended to carry out retaliatory strikes. They merely want the Iranians to think that they did, believing that this by itself provides a deterrence. I expect to see Iran continue to exert pressure on the...

No evidence has yet been presented of a successful interception. On the contrary, reports of an explosion and plume of smoke 1.5 km from the American Embassy in Riyadh. Sounds like Saudi propaganda, similar to the last claimed interception that was exposed by the New York Times. Patriot missile...

Finally!!! I hope that this will be the start of a more overt and forceful approach. The time is now to capitalise on recent gains and force the US out of Syria.

@rmi5 Israel is illegally occupying Palestine. No amount of Hasbara will change those facts. It has subjected Palestinians to a slow genocide for decades. Even European countries are now abandoning Israel over its illegal actions and genocidal tendencies. And it is unclear how much longer the US...

The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is one of colonial occupation. The conflict in Syria is far more complicated. Assad is not occupying another state. Those fighting against the Syrian government are largely foreign terrorists. They have no right to be there and they care not about the future of...

Firstly I should clarify that I am not a Shia Muslim and I have no hidden motive to promote one branch of Islam over the other. Whether you choose to believe that or not is your prerogative. I did not make any claims that Assad is perfect. Neither did I say that I thought that Assad should...

This is just plain wrong. Wahhabism is as modern an invention as Saudi Arabia. If you knew its history then you would know that its creator, Abd Al-Wahhab, was considered by the Sunni scholars of the time to be way outside the mainstream of Sunni Islam. Sunni Islam far predates Wahhabism...

You are partly correct. Most of the problems in the middle east were created in Britain and not by mistake or incompetence. Sykes and Picot deliberately divided the remnants of the Ottoman empire so as to breed nationalism and perpetual conflict. Their primary goal was to prevent the creation of...

This is a false analogy. The two conflicts are nothing alike.

For those that support the rebels, just what exactly do you expect will come after Assad? Have you learned nothing from Libya? The only way forward for Syria is a secular democratic state in which all Syrians can vote under international observation for a president of their choice and with a...

I don't know if you have ever been to Saudi Arabia, but the wealth is very concentrated. I recognise that there is a very large wealth divide in the west and in many other countries. However, the wealth divide in Saudi Arabia is truly enormous with Saudi royalty pocketing billions of dollars...

I don't consider Hamas an out-and-out terrorist organization. The Palestinians are an occupied people. They are permitted to fight against occupying powers under international law. Israelis living in "Israel" are all occupiers. They are all living on Palestinian territory which they gained...

I've already dealt with this. You are now resorting to racism. I think that you better reevaluate your position because it is clear that you are not confident in your own argument. It's not the kind of thing that I would expect from a Pakistani. I don't want to waste my time any further by...

You think I'm Iranian? I'm sorry to disappoint you. And would it make any difference even if I was? Are you seriously implying that one's argument becomes invalidated or validated simply by virtue of race? For your information, I would not be embarrassed to "admit" that I was of any race. Be...

Sorry, I must have missed the moment where Houthis started the war by invading Saudi Arabia unprovoked. Oh wait... That's not what happened by any reasonable persons account. No, Saudi Arabia invaded Yemen to prop up the leader that they supported. The Saudis claim that Hadi was elected and...

Then prepare to receive an international arrest warrant for your dictator monarchs to face war crime charges at the ICC. The US may have afforded Israel diplomatic immunity at the UN but I highly doubt that they will extend that privilege to the likes of your savage states.

Are you really comparing a terrorist attack to an invasion of a sovereign country? I already explained how it is absurd to make such comparisons. You could only draw comparisons if Iran had invaded Pakistan and was subsequently defeated. This has not happened and is not likely to happen...

What are you talking about? Balochistan is not at war with Iran. Iran has not invaded Balochistan and no land has changed hand. To draw comparisons is ridiculous. I didn't even mention the numbers of those killed on either side, which is in any case irrelevant. All that really matters is the...

The Saudi army is a joke. I don't know if you can even call it an army. They bribe 12 countries to join a coalition to wage war on the poorest Arab country. They purchase state of the art American and British weaponry. They receive training by the Americans and British on the use of that...