Wed December 06, 2017 6:03 pm
Wed December 06, 2017 6:06 pm
McParadigm wrote:
Wed December 06, 2017 6:23 pm
Wed December 06, 2017 7:14 pm
Wed December 06, 2017 7:28 pm
malice wrote:Bi_3 wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:This Jerusalem thing is worse than many know or care to know. The Palestinians will now have unlimited backing from Iran and others.
The US/Israel/Saudi vs Iran/Shia thing has been fighting proxy wars for years. I'm not sure how this really shifts things besides unnecessarily pissing of the arab community.
because the arab community always has a rational, even handed way of disagreeing with the beliefs and actions of other countries... Especially the US, yeah?
Wed December 06, 2017 7:32 pm
Wed December 06, 2017 7:46 pm
Bi_3 wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:This Jerusalem thing is worse than many know or care to know. The Palestinians will now have unlimited backing from Iran and others.
The US/Israel/Saudi vs Iran/Shia thing has been fighting proxy wars for years. I'm not sure how this really shifts things besides unnecessarily pissing of the arab community.
Wed December 06, 2017 7:49 pm
Wed December 06, 2017 7:52 pm
Wed December 06, 2017 8:32 pm
malice wrote:Bi_3 wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:This Jerusalem thing is worse than many know or care to know. The Palestinians will now have unlimited backing from Iran and others.
The US/Israel/Saudi vs Iran/Shia thing has been fighting proxy wars for years. I'm not sure how this really shifts things besides unnecessarily pissing of the arab community.
because the arab community always has a rational, even handed way of disagreeing with the beliefs and actions of other countries... Especially the US, yeah?
Wed December 06, 2017 9:28 pm
Wed December 06, 2017 9:37 pm
McParadigm wrote:It's weird that we live in a world where a minor political disruption effort blew up everything everywhere, and that it mostly happened because Donald Trump is an egomaniac with dementia and so is America.
Wed December 06, 2017 10:07 pm
Bi_3 wrote:The US/Israel/Saudi vs Iran/Shia thing has been fighting proxy wars for years. I'm not sure how this really shifts things besides unnecessarily pissing of the arab community.
Wed December 06, 2017 10:22 pm
run2death wrote:Bi_3 wrote:The US/Israel/Saudi vs Iran/Shia thing has been fighting proxy wars for years. I'm not sure how this really shifts things besides unnecessarily pissing of the arab community.
The U.S. is incapable of severing ties with Saudi Arabia ($$$$) despite all the evidence that it fuels Wahhabism and ISIS, so Trump did the next best/worst thing and doubled down on our relationship.
It'll probably go something like this... Iran loses its shit and strikes Israel. Saudis swoop in and get to come across as "the good guys."
Saudis get to
a. crush those Shia heathens
b. see a weakened Israel
c. continue to fund terrorism
Wed December 06, 2017 10:26 pm
run2death wrote:Bi_3 wrote:The US/Israel/Saudi vs Iran/Shia thing has been fighting proxy wars for years. I'm not sure how this really shifts things besides unnecessarily pissing of the arab community.
The U.S. is incapable of severing ties with Saudi Arabia ($$$$) despite all the evidence that it fuels Wahhabism and ISIS, so Trump did the next best/worst thing and doubled down on our relationship.
It'll probably go something like this... Iran loses its shit and strikes Israel. Saudis swoop in and get to come across as "the good guys."
Saudis get to
a. crush those Shia heathens
b. see a weakened Israel
c. continue to fund terrorism
Wed December 06, 2017 10:29 pm
McParadigm wrote:
Wed December 06, 2017 10:41 pm
meatwad wrote:McParadigm wrote:
So the WH is saying this slurred speech was because "his mouth was dry." Did he have a stroke or something?
Wed December 06, 2017 11:11 pm