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Arabia
The Politics of US Ties to Sunni Arab Regimes
2006-08-27
I believe that unless Iran's Ayatollah's are taken out, Sunni Arabs will make a temporary alliance with the Shiites and eliminate Israel through missile extortion and the voluntary depopulation of Jews that said extortion would cause. As you can see in the attached article, Sunnis have leverage over the US. Shiites have none, and harass US troops in Iraq while Iran's Ayatollahs have threatened the US Homeland by claiming an ability to destroy strategic locations that are essential to US security. That threat will be more realistic, when Iran develops n-bomb capacity. The Iran-Card as played by Russia, China and India, would likely devolve into a strategic alliance, if indulgence of the Ahmadinejad tyranny continues. Israel cannot co-exist with either an Iran-Syria or Sunni-Shiite alliance. In his last State of the Union message, the President placed "America's love of the automobile" above moral considerations. The destruction of Shiite power and harsh security measures against the Shiite danger to Iraq oil infrastructure would serve both US and Israeli interests.

"...The misguided post-September 11 policies promoted by the Bush administration have reinforced the anti-Arab, anti-Muslim stance of most Americans. A recent Gallop poll suggests four out of 10 Americans feel "prejudice" toward Muslims.

These attitudes are nothing short of a slap in the face to Arab nations that have invested trillions of dollars in the US economy and consider themselves Washington's strategic partners..."
Posted by:Snease Shaiting3550

#1  I should have clarified a point on Muslim unity. Hadith references to future strife among Muslims is taken as permission to form sects, but the issue of apostasy is to be decided by war at the "end of days." Saudis permit enemy Shiites to participate in Haj. Al-Sadr attended last year, and accepted an invitation to a personal meeting with the Saudi king. If clerics at Qom, Islamic University (Medina) and al-Azhar (Cairo) fatwah on unity, then a common missile placement strategy will put Israel in peril.

Within the article posted, the author claims that the "50,000" Americans who reside in the Arab countries is the largest expatriate community. That figure is distorted by Shiite Americans who reside in Lebanon, and use American citizenship for convenience. Mexican states of Baja (both), Sonora and Sinaloa alone have more Americans than live in Arabia. Over 15,000 Americans live in a tight community around Lake Chapala in Jalisco. Thousands more live in Colima and elsewhere.

As for putting morality over economics, Jimmy Carter tried that with predictible results.
Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550   2006-08-27 00:41  

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