• Appaloosa
    +4

    I find it hard to believe, as this article states, that none of his advisors, nor Obama for that matter, saw the danger from Iranian or Russian forces, that they overlooked their strategic interest in the Assad regime.

    • AdelleChattre (edited 7 years ago)
      +1

      I think that's the polite way of saying that Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE and the rest simply didn't care.

      • Appaloosa
        +2

        Yep, which also kind of says neither did the people in the US who made these decisions. All on the same page. It is certainly an Arab/Isaraeli/US vs a Persian/Russian geoplolitical power play.

        • AdelleChattre
          +3

          I've begun to see things as Saudia Arabia versus the world.

          • Appaloosa
            +3

            They only have oil, money and Mecca...they need weapons, and we all know where they get those.