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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Yemen is just part of Iran's Mideast master plan
2015-03-29
[Ynet] Analysis: Israel has spent five years warning that Iran seeks Shiite domination of the Muslim world, and the Gulf States know by now not to rely on the Champ administration.

Bonus article: U.S. dropped the ball in Yemen.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Shiia outnumber Sunni by more than 4 to 1 in Syria and they had no problem keeping control until recently.

The best course for long-term Alawite domination would have been a convert or die policy. Since they were surrounded by Sunnis Arab, they had to settle for a water down (Sunni Islam) or die policy under the guise of Arab Nationalism. They crushed the Muslim Brotherhood and went after violent anti-government Sunni Arab movements. I suspect their big mistake was not ensuring that Alawites reproduced themselves.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2015-03-29 23:31  

#9  Shiia outnumber Sunni by more than 4 to 1 in Syria and they had no problem keeping control until recently.
Posted by: phil_b   2015-03-29 23:23  

#8  Which in turn is part of the larger or broader,
Supra/Post-Nationalist OWG Globalist plan to unilaterally forcibly reorganize the planet, widout need of those silly pesky things called National/Popular Referendums to support or justify US, Multi-Govt actions.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-03-29 20:56  

#7  Hubris seems to be a characteristic of megalomania.

Reminds me of the, possibly apocryphal, words of Yamamoto about Pearl Harbor. "I'll run free in the pacific for 6 months, then what?"
Posted by: AlanC   2015-03-29 10:20  

#6  Who's Miley Cyrus? Sounds Persian.

Snark of the day.
Posted by: Zorba Glomp5351   2015-03-29 10:13  

#5  My question is that since Shia are outnumbered 4-1 or so, do they really think they can dominate the Muzzie world?

That's what the 12th Imam promised.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-03-29 10:06  

#4  Play the 'long game'? We don't even comprehend the word "plan".
Posted by: Bobby   2015-03-29 09:24  

#3  They have plans to even the odds...
Posted by: Steve White   2015-03-29 09:22  

#2  So true Mike.

My question is that since Shia are outnumbered 4-1 or so, do they really think they can dominate the Muzzie world?
Posted by: AlanC   2015-03-29 07:57  

#1  ...Those of us who go as far back as the Iranian Revolution remember that these people play a long game, whereas we can't remember anything past Miley Cyrus' last tweet.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2015-03-29 07:37  

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