Madali
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Netanyahu predicts Arab countries will align with Israel against Iran and Isis | World news | The Guardian
My comment: The battle lines for the middle East are being drawn. Long gone are the days when it was Israel and USA controlling the middle East with the kings of oil enjoying themselves. Now, the sides are being chosen. On one side, we have the Nato darlings of Israel and KSA and their buddies of Jordan, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait. On the other side, we have Iran, Syria, and Iraq with Russia leaning towards this side, and China sort of flirting with this group but not doing anything directly.
We have the Switerzland of the Middle East which is Oman, that takes no sides.
And then we have the question marks. Erdogan is on the NATO side but Turkey is not a monarchy so any political change can shift Turkey easily. I can't make out Egypt either. They seem to be in the NATO side but they also appear to prefer not to get involved heavily as they have their own problems. Yemen depends on if it comes out of the war independent or if KSA succeeds turning it into Bahrain 2.0. Lebanon's South is on Iran side but north is on the fence. Palestine is going through an identity crisis.
Ladies and gents, we are living history.
My comment: The battle lines for the middle East are being drawn. Long gone are the days when it was Israel and USA controlling the middle East with the kings of oil enjoying themselves. Now, the sides are being chosen. On one side, we have the Nato darlings of Israel and KSA and their buddies of Jordan, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait. On the other side, we have Iran, Syria, and Iraq with Russia leaning towards this side, and China sort of flirting with this group but not doing anything directly.
We have the Switerzland of the Middle East which is Oman, that takes no sides.
And then we have the question marks. Erdogan is on the NATO side but Turkey is not a monarchy so any political change can shift Turkey easily. I can't make out Egypt either. They seem to be in the NATO side but they also appear to prefer not to get involved heavily as they have their own problems. Yemen depends on if it comes out of the war independent or if KSA succeeds turning it into Bahrain 2.0. Lebanon's South is on Iran side but north is on the fence. Palestine is going through an identity crisis.
Ladies and gents, we are living history.