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Sunni control the country. The country is largely Shia. Iran is stirring the pot and creating uncertainty and unrest in the M.E. A growing nuclear threat exists from Iran.
We have strategic interests in the area; the 5th Fleet is there. Some 20% of oil to the U.S. flows through the Persian Gulf.
Good reasons for Obama to quit screwing around with basketball picks and golf and implements an energy independence policy. That said, it isn't going to happen until we get a President who doesn't vote "Present" and does nothing.
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implements an energy independence policy. BHO does have an energy independence policy, it consists of carbon credits, suppression of electricity production, and jacking the price of domestic energy to the moon. Obama want the US to institute rolling blackouts, go hungry & freeze in the dark, and be sure vote Democrat. This is basically the Amish energy independence model, without the Christianity part. In addition I kind of doubt the Amish vote for Democrats, if they vote at all.
[Asharq al-Aswat] Once it was announced that the first deployment of the Joint Peninsula Shield Force (JPSF) had arrived in Manama, in response to the request of the Kingdom of Bahrain, to contribute to the re-establishment of security and stability in the country, several critical statements were issued from the Shiite opposition, and others, in Bahrain. However, The all-purpose However... what was most serious was the subsequent Iranian statement.
The Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, ... current Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs since 13 December 2010. Previous to his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran from 16 July 2009 to 23 January 2011. He was also Iranian Representative in the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency from 1997 to 2005... said: "Iran will not stand by idly, in the event of any Saudi intervention to eradicate the Shiites of Bahrain". This statement alone, from the mouth of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is stark evidence of Iran's sectarian mentality.
The JPSF did not go to Manama to support a particular sect, but rather it went in response to an official request from Bahrain. To say that this is an illegal act, as the Bahraini opposition are suggesting, along with a Shiite MP in Kuwait, is a claim that can be refuted: The JPSF went to Bahrain in accordance with the agreements and covenants of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and these were the same forces that came to Kuwait's rescue during the Iraqi invasion, something that the Kuwaiti MP ought to have remembered.
Furthermore, the JPSF arrived in Bahrain not as a military power, but rather as a security force, according to what I was told by a senior Gulf official. There were several reasons for sending this force, firstly: to respond to the request of Bahrain, as this is a commitment stipulated by the Gulf agreements. Secondly, the JPSF serves as a symbolic force, indicating that the GCC states will not allow Bahrain to deteriorate into a sectarian civil war, especially as sectarian tension has now reached its peak there. Thirdly, the GCC states want to send a clear message that they are committed to the security of Bahrain.
Of course, none of this implies a sectarian mentality. Sectarianism occurs when a particular section of society seeks to impose its political vision alone upon the state, without achieving such demands through national consensus. The Shiites on their own do not constitute the population of Bahrain, there are Sunnis as well. Democracy cannot take place with one sect being compared to another, but rather it must be conducted on the basis of participation and citizenship. Therefore, the Iranian Foreign Minister's statement shows the extent of the abhorrent sectarianism that exists in the Tehran government. Iran does not care for the security of Bahrain, or its civil peace, but rather it is interested in certain sects. Salehi's words about Soddy Arabia seeking to exterminate the Shiites is glaring evidence of the gravity of what Iran is doing in our region, and this is something we have been warned of at length.
The question is what are the implications of Iran's statement? The answer quite simply is as follows: The Gulf has dealt with Iran for a long time, in accordance with the famous saying uttered by the Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim, as reported by 'Wikileaks'. He said that relations with Iran were conducted on the principle of "they lie to us, and we lie to them". The game today with Iran has become widely exposed. Tehran wants to intervene in the affairs of the GCC, in accordance with its sectarian logic, whilst the GCC member states seek security and stability, and do not interfere in the internal affairs of Iran. Therefore, sending the JPSF to Bahrain is a sound, legal act, without sectarian motives, whilst the Iranian Foreign Minister's statement is explicitly sectarian.
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Cook it for another three minutes and maybe, just maybe, there is another really good opportunity for Moslems to kill more Moslems.
I heard most of the shittites( unlike the Sunnis) in Bahrain live in shacks and dont stay in any of the big hotels. I heard they raised chickens and didnt have access to govt. jobs. It was terrible, my heart really went out to them.
And all the Ukrainian girls on about the next six floors were sad about it too. HeLLO, Sailor!
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Making money by making stuff - not PC at all! Prosperity is far more widely spread across the country, with none of the excessive concentration of wealth in one region found in Britain. There is an emphasis on long-term growth rather than flipping assets, and boom-busts in the housing market are unknown.
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They may be on to something. We should form a blue-ribbon committee to study and report on the feasibility of making stuff. With the understanding, of course, that the making process would be sustainable, renewable, and carbon neutral. and would not impinge on the ancestral territory of the left-handed sea slug. And would be fully compliant with OSHA, ADEA, EPA, OFCCP, ADA, FMLA, NLRA, ERISA and the IRC. We'll be making stuff in 20 years, tops.
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Do we have enough Mexicans to actually ... make stuff?
As catastrophe at home prompts Japan to repatriate chunks of its vast wealth, it is pulling the rug from under stock and bond markets thousands of miles away.
The Europeans and Americans would like to help the rebels in Libya, but the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan have spurred fears of a military intervention. So far, the only thing the EU has been able to agree on are financial sanctions. In Germany, leaders fear getting sucked in to the civil war
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A high-ranking US government official said in Brussels last Wednesday: "The US believes that NATO is the natural choice for a military operation."
Really? Perhaps this "government official" can cite charter language that authorizes NATO to intervene in an African civil war that poses no direct threat to its members.
There would be absolutely no correlation between Afghanistan and Libya. For one, the locals are relatively civilized and they hate Quaddaffi. For another, there is only marginal support for Daffy amoung his own army and there is almost no political organization.
There would be a short insurgency, similar to what went on in Germany after WWII but Afghanistan? Not hardly, just another excuse to treat Africa and Arabs like the unterminche.
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If Gaddafi wins, it is far more likely to the next Post-Desert-Storm Iraq, where a wounded and bitter Gaddafi lashes out against his betrayers.
Gaddafi has specifically mentioned the European countries as betrayers. Guess what Europe? you're already in his crosshairs.
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There would be a short insurgency, similar to what went on in Germany after WWII This US, having been burned a few times since WWII, is not likely to believe this. I sure don't. The reason why the post-Hitler insurgency went no where is the lakhs of US boots on German soil back then. Shortly after V-E day, a GI got shot by a sniper, and 50,000 GIs went door-to-door in Germany to search & confiscate firearms. That won't happen anymore, anywhere (except maybe domestically but that's another issue).
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Afghanistan becoming another Libya? Too backward. Too poor. Too Islamic. Afghanistan's main risk to the rest of the world is its reversion to Talibanistan.
Study shows a strong presence of anti-Semitism that is linked with Israel and is hidden behind criticism of Israel" in Europe.
BERLIN A think-tank affiliated with Germanys Social Democratic Party issued a new report last week that revealed high levels of anti-Semitism in Germany, Poland and Hungary, as well as varying manifestations of racism, homophobia and prejudice in eight European countries.
Dr. Beate Küpper, a researcher from the University of Bielefeld who co-authored the Friedrich Ebert Foundations study along with her colleagues Andreas Zick and Andreas Hoevermann, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that the study showed a strong presence of anti-Semitism that is linked with Israel and is hidden behind criticism of Israel, and is not neutral.
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If the settlements all over "Palestine" continue apace for another decade or two on a steady methodical basis the Palestinians can all expect to lead prosperous and happy lives in...Brazil.
The settlements seem to be the answer. Hum while you work.
Sure as all hell the other Moslem countries dont want to take any "Palestinians". Would you want Palestinians living in YOUR country? I mean seriously. But Brazil....now...Brazil NEEDS population. PLUS there are all those Agouti to hunt and roads to be built upriver. Hand a "Palestinian" his ticket and ask if he remembered to pack his camera.
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Statements from the Friedrich Ebert should be taken with a grain of salt.
They're palling around with Hezbollah on occasion: "... FES funded the 2004 Beirut International Conference on The Islamic World and Europe, jointly organized with Hezbollah's "Research Department."
In the same report an affirmative answer to the question 'Is Islam a religion of intolerance?' is classified as evidence of 'prejudice.'
(Don't pay attention to the death penalty for apostasy behind the curtain!)
In the case of German attitudes vs Israel they might be right for once, but they're a biased institution (not biased in Israel's favor.)
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As Dribble said, the muslims use the Paleos as pawns but have little interest in them. The Paleos provide poltical fodder for the Iranians and Syrians. The Paleos were kicked out of Jordan some years ago (1970-1971) because they were stirring up trouble for the Jordanians. This was referred to as the "era of regrettable events."
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The Palieos still haven't grasp that whole cause -> effect thingy. Something most infants get before they reach 6 months. They just don't get it.
The Palieos haven't really been kicked out of Lebanon unfortunately - which is why Lebanon is Syria's and Iran's bitch these days. Beirut used to called the 'Paris of the middle east' until the Palieos showed up.
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Muslims, in fact, are more often exhorted by their scriptures to brutalize non-Muslims than Christians are urged by the gospels to love their enemies and turn the other cheek. Yet, though we assume the latter are meant to take the message to heart, we are somehow sure Islam doesnt really mean what it says
I agree with that idea, but I would have phrased it much more harshly: Terrorising and killing infidels and apostates is a True Pillar of Islam.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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Salehi,
