The entire conflict in the Middle East is a power struggle between the Sunnis backed by Saudi Arabia and the Shiites backed by Iran.
In Libya Iran is winning as the Saudi backed insurgents are losing, in Iraq Iran is losing as Maliki is a Shiite.
Guess which side the US supports? Yes the Sunnis.
One of the greatest mistakes of western policy was to cosy up to the Saudis and maintain animosity with Iran.
Iran is a much more civilised place than Saudi Arabia, far more tolerant and much more developed. Iran used to be the US’ best friend in the Muslim world. The people of Iran are far better disposed to the Americans than the Saudis who loathe the west and all it stands for.
If Nixon could reach out to China, if Reagan could make peace with Russia, there should have been some way that the US could have reconciled with Iran in the past twenty-five years or so.
We’ve backed the wrong horse with Saudi Arabia, the nation that gave us Osama Bin Laden and 9/11.
That may be true; on the surface.
Underneath, other things are going on..
Genesis 16:12
He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."