Bastion of LibertyLate breaking news informs us that our esteemed Leader will “consult” with Congress when it reconvenes after the holiday weekend on how to proceed against Syria over that nation’s alleged use of chemical weapons within its own borders.
“The chart is a spin-off of the most amazing letter to the editor ever written, which appeared in Thursday’s Financial Times. It also explained the entire Middle East, in a few short sentences. Here they are:
Sir, Iran is backing Assad. Gulf states are against Assad!
Assad is against Muslim Brotherhood. Muslim Brotherhood and Obama are against General Sisi.
But Gulf states are pro-Sisi! Which means they are against Muslim Brotherhood!
Iran is pro-Hamas, but Hamas is backing Muslim Brotherhood!
Obama is backing Muslim Brotherhood, yet Hamas is against the U.S.!
Gulf states are pro-U.S. But Turkey is with Gulf states against Assad; yet Turkey is pro-Muslim Brotherhood against General Sisi. And General Sisi is being backed by the Gulf states!
Welcome to the Middle East and have a nice day.
KN Al-Sabah,
London EC4, U.K.”
http://bastionofliberty.blogspot.com/2013/08/complete-idiots-guide-to-understanding.html
Left Putin out of the equation.
They are forgetting the Russian/U.S. confusion.
For example, we are training with Russian troops in the U.S. while we are fighting against them in the Middle East.
OR the Chinese/U.S. confusion.
For example, we are allowing the Chinese to buy real estate, are exporting our factories and jobs to China, are importing our products from China, while at the same time we are supposed to be at war with China in the Middle East and are practically blockading China in the South China Sea and the Pacific area.
Can someone draw a line graph to explain those two for me as I have been confused about this since 2008 and I’m still confused and to this day, NO ONE can give me a logical answer and it seems like everyone in this country just completely forgets or misses this very important dilemma in any or all political discussions to date.
It is now clear as mud, but it does cover the ground.
this is crap. does not explain sisi and says US has no clue about MB yet it is very clear that we have worked with them in egypt. Who comes up with these incomplete and just plain wrong graphs.
can you forward on to obi one