[Dean's World] Ali Eteraz: Islamic Face Off & American Stupidity

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Posted by Ali Eteraz:
Islamic Face Off & American Stupidity
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1167766031.shtml


   I write about the situation in the Middle East, specifically with
   regard to the Shia-Sunni-Saudi-Iran situation:

     There is a larger narrative that no one seems to appreciate. Here
     is that narrative: Iran and Saudi Arabia are setting up a power
     struggle that is going to encompass the heart of the Muslim world;
     a smaller version of the cold war; with satellite states; and lots
     of covert, decentralized mercenary usage. In fact, there is some
     evidence that this struggle has already started. However, this is
     not just a geo-political struggle. It is colored by almost 1400
     hundreds years of inter-Islamic strife. It is colored by brutal
     massacres. It is colored by theology. It is colored by religious
     authority. In other words, the battle between Saudi and Iran is not
     a battle between two random countries. It represents the
     longest-standing and most violent face-off within Islam. If people
     thought that Protestant versus Catholic was bad; appreciate the
     fact that the Islamic face-off was around for almost 900 years
     before a Protestant even existed.

     And the worst thing about this coming battle is that the United
     States has absolutely no idea that 1) it is coming, 2) or what to
     do about it. Here, then, is some education.

   [1]Continue reading at Eteraz.Org: States of Islam

References

   1. http://eteraz.org/story/2007/1/2/11108/92798