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The Occam's razor explanation is that it's all about Israel. They're the only country that actually benefits from all these misguided Middle Eastern adventures
by ifwinterco 2mo ago
The Occam's razor explanation is that it's all about Israel.
They're the only country that actually benefits from all these misguided Middle Eastern adventures, and it's not like it's just one, there's a pattern and it's always the same
- cwnyth 2mo agoSaudi Arabia benefits just as much, if not more, from a diminished Iran.
- elcritch 2mo agoNot just Saudi Arabia but the UAE, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Egypt, and Gaza. Iran has funded terrorism and religious extremism in the region leading to massive death tolls in many of them. Not to mention Iranians themselves.
- elendilm 2mo ago[flagged]
- elcritch 2mo ago> Tell me who funded ISIS. Oil funds predominantly along with theft and ransoms according to the EU near ISIS's peak [1]. This was while the US was still directly fighting ISIS in Afghanistan and Iraq. 1: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2017/603835/EXPO_IDA(2017)603835_EN.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2017/6038...
- ifwinterco 2mo agoIran was fighting them though, the Shia leadership of Iran have absolutely no time for Salafism. You need to be a bit more specific with exactly what you mean by “religious” extremism, you seem to be conflating things that are in many ways opposite
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