Surely I'm not the only one in SMH mode as I read today how Al Qaeda was successfully attacked in Libya where as yesterday I was reading how Al Qaeda was fighting ISIS. And then to try and figure out what is what in Yemen, who's getting released from Gitmo, the list goes on, so, just what is the over arching consistency in all this?
Searching for underlying principles to lay all these mid eastern events on is daunting to those of us stuck only receiving media reports, so at least I hope those in charge have a fixed rational which would be on some kind of need to know basis, which of course I'm on the outside of.
But let me take a guess, I think what we're seeing is life imitate art, and the art being imitated is that 60's spy comedy, Get Smart, where as the antagonist was CHAOS, it's a stretch, but that's what the mid east over arching everything is, pure CHAOS.
Does the empire really fear this part of the world so much that by placing and keeping all the world's religions in a constant struggle, we keep these people from building a coherent civilization?
So, Israel, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Sunni, Shia, Christian, how does it feel to played for a fool? Truth is, you make it too easy, that must mean your culture, or what would be your culture, is led by those who would rather be western rich than be a part of something good for all over there.