Not really what Bush/Cheney envisioned, but astoundingly with the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran the oil price collapsed, and we are reaping some economic benefit from this. (The current oil price bounce is due to the wildfire shut-in off the Alberta oil patch).
Your views of course posit a much more simplistic picture.
"... the future of our so-called “civilizations” in that region is destined to be tragic."
If things continue to spiral out of control it could very well turn out that we are at the beginning of the largest religious war of the 21. century, Iran will not indefinitely tolerate being shut out from Mecca.
The Kurds want their own state, partitioning of Syria as well as Iraq seems to be unavoidable, best case scenario: If Assad is replaced by a more moderate leader this could be within a federation.
"How is losing your family to a drone strike any different than losing your family to a barrel bomb?" Abu Graib etc.
How is comparing crime to crime supposed to make either one better?
Completely irrelevant relativism.
".... provoked by yet another American backed color revolution."
Typical Western hybris. Nothing in the world could ever happen without being orchestrated by the US.
Yes, the US Iraq invasion was a war crime, but this does nothing to exonerate Assad for having started this mess by authorizing his security forces to shoot into protest marches.
And you are of course well aware that Assad assisted the US in their rendition program. They outsourced much of this dirty work to Assad because he had the torture experts on hand.
You my friend misplaced you moral compass by thinking you can somehow neatly counterbalance atrocities on a scale of justice that'll make Lustitia's head spin.
Not really what Bush/Cheney envisioned, but astoundingly with the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran the oil price collapsed, and we are reaping some economic benefit from this. (The current oil price bounce is due to the wildfire shut-in off the Alberta oil patch).
Your views of course posit a much more simplistic picture.
"there’s a difference we say."
Actually there is, the ordinances are much smaller.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Diameter_Bomb
If Daesh doesn't do the trick nothing will.
"... the future of our so-called “civilizations” in that region is destined to be tragic."
If things continue to spiral out of control it could very well turn out that we are at the beginning of the largest religious war of the 21. century, Iran will not indefinitely tolerate being shut out from Mecca.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/29/iran-pilgrims-will-not-attend-hajj-amid-row-with-saudi-arabia
... has nothing to do with “culturing and moderating”
No it has not, but Nap is correct in pointing out that comparing Persia/Iran with Mongols is an ahistoric absurdity.
The Kurds want their own state, partitioning of Syria as well as Iraq seems to be unavoidable, best case scenario: If Assad is replaced by a more moderate leader this could be within a federation.
"It turns out destroying a city just doesn’t make for social peace. "
Best understatement I've read in a while.
"locals speculated that the refugee population contained covert Daesh cells who carried out the attacks."
It's always the same story and very much by design. Daesh/IS wants to poison the minds everywhere against the Sunni refugees.
"How is losing your family to a drone strike any different than losing your family to a barrel bomb?" Abu Graib etc.
How is comparing crime to crime supposed to make either one better?
Completely irrelevant relativism.
".... provoked by yet another American backed color revolution."
Typical Western hybris. Nothing in the world could ever happen without being orchestrated by the US.
Yes, the US Iraq invasion was a war crime, but this does nothing to exonerate Assad for having started this mess by authorizing his security forces to shoot into protest marches.
And you are of course well aware that Assad assisted the US in their rendition program. They outsourced much of this dirty work to Assad because he had the torture experts on hand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition#21st_century
You my friend misplaced you moral compass by thinking you can somehow neatly counterbalance atrocities on a scale of justice that'll make Lustitia's head spin.
we need blogs like yours now more than ever.