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Re:Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It by Cyph0n on Friday November 20, 2015 @03:59PM (#10603849)
Ah yes, but you fail to mention Iran's extremely aggressive agenda in the region.

The Ahwazi Arabs (Sunni, coincidentally) are stripped of nearly all basic human rights, enclosed in their own state essentially within Iran's borders [1]. Even the Shia in Saudi Arabia are treated better than how Iran handles the Ahwaz region.

Further, Iran loves fighting wars by proxy for some reason. Hezbollah and the Revolutionary Guard are roaming around Syria like they own it. Hezbollah's hold on Lebanese politics is undeniable. And of course, the funding of Houthis in Yemen who hilariously failed to execute an easy coup, the result of which started a full-blown war.

The region is in turmoil, and both sides are at fault. I personally believe that the US is entirely aware of the troubled sectarian relations in the region, and is using that as a way to get cheap oil and sell arms, which is a valid strategy.

This has to stop. The only lasting solution is dialogue.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahwazi_Arabs

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Re:Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It by DominikR on Saturday November 21, 2015 @07:05AM (#10606579)
> Hezbollah and the Revolutionary Guard are roaming around Syria like they own it.

So you would rather have ISIS expanding in Syria? That's what the Iranians are fighting there.

Furthermore they were invited by the legitimate and UN recognized Syrian government to help fighting the Sunni extremists.

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Re:Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It by intopieces on Friday November 20, 2015 @04:25PM (#10603987)
I don't presume that anyone on this board would make such a mistake, but thank you for sublty reminding us that Iranians are not Arabs. Such obfuscations make it difficult for us to parse the active conflicts in the region.
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Re:Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It by rrggrr on Friday November 20, 2015 @04:39PM (#10604053)
Tehran is quite busy dealing with threats on all sides, whilst still trying to pursue its support of Hezbollah in Lebannon.

I think lessons learned in Iraq changed the calculus for Tehran and Washington. Keeping in mind there are at least 18m Sunni muslims in Iran vulnerable to ISIS message and good number of disaffected Shia, the focus may be on stability now.

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Re:Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It by anon1mous on Friday November 20, 2015 @05:26PM (#10604295)
Oh, just maybe it has something to do with the extremely pacifist agenda of the US and Saudi Arabia in the region ...
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