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That's a more nuanced relationship than you make it out to be. Hezbollah is a Shia group and funded by Iran. KSA has been adamantly anti-Iran, especially after
by Cyph0n 10y ago
That's a more nuanced relationship than you make it out to be. Hezbollah is a Shia group and funded by Iran. KSA has been adamantly anti-Iran, especially after the fall of Saddam. So in your example, it's more "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
Great username by the way ;)
- zionism_answers 10y agoThat type of sectarian analysis is oversimplified at best, inaccurate at worst. Hostility from KSA vs. Iran is largely at the level of the dictatorship and the extreme right wing (eg, Al Qaeda). KSA has a large Shia population.
- Cyph0n 10y agoI didn't say Shia, I said Iran. There's a huge difference there. Many Shia actually don't at all agree with Iran's policies.
- quirkafleeg 10y agoI don't want to get into a political argument, since it's pointless and the post was flagged anyway, but you did say Shia: "Hezbollah is a Shia group"
- Cyph0n 10y agoYes, but I also said that KSA is anti-Iran, which I intended to be the main point. I mentioned that Hezbollah is Shia to point out its relationship to Iran.