IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA DIFFERENCES EXPLAINED

Submitted by: Donald Hank

According to the below commentary, the Western Neocons' aggressive stance against Iran is partly to blame for the Saudis' execution of a Shiite clergy for daring to speak out against the dictators in Riyadh. Ironically, the Shiites representing the vast majority in Iran are much less intolerant of other religions than the majority Sunnis in Saudi Arabia. You say "but didn't Iran say "death to America"? In fact, only the elites in Iran foment anti-American hate and if you consider that Western officialdom has been lying about them for decades, it is easy to see why they are unhappy. The official party line of the war hawks making up the majority of our Pentagon top brass have been spreading the myth that Iran is the no. 1 terror supporter, thus blaming them for the crimes committed mostly by the Saudis and their allies, with generous assistance from the Pentagon and State Department.

There are 600 Christian churches in Iran, none in the bigoted Saudi kingdom, and there are no Iranians in ISIS or al-Qaeda, which are exclusively Sunni and supported mostly by the Saudis and Turks.

More importantly, the people of Iran are kindly disposed toward Westerners and very hospitable. Contrast this with the fact that 92% of Saudi citizens polled said that ISIS embodies the spirit of Islam. Iranians want to fight ISIS but the West won't let them. It would appear that there are 3 reasons for this:

1--Washington wants to spare ISIS, which it helped spawn for various reasons, notably to please the Saudis in compliance with the petrodollar agreement, and

2--If Iran successfully fights or defeats ISIS, that will give the lie to the lie that the US is actually fighting ISIS.

3--one of the reasons Washington cooperated in the creation and feeding of ISIS is to overthrow Assad, the most important component in the fight against ISIS. If ISIS is completely defeated, Assad will be reelected -- Washington's worst nightmare, in part because more of their dirty laundry will be hung out.

In the current GOP presidential primaries, several candidates (including Cruz) said that we need Sunni boots on the ground in Iraq to fight ISIS. They either don't realize that ISIS is 100% SUNNI or they are mouthing the words that the GOP top brass (Neocon through and through) told them to say if they want official GOP support. It is, however, counter-intuitive to expect Sunnis to fight their Sunni brothers and while they may go into battle, they will fight reluctantly (this busts the myth of the "moderates"). This policy is not only stupid, it is sinister and signals a deeply ingrained evil in Washington. Now, after 50 years of icy Neocon grip, people everywhere are waking up and seeing the hideous face of the Washington-ISIS partnership behind the noble facade of Washington's supposed "fight against terror."

Trump is the odd man out and we can only admire his unwillingness to bow to these rigid ideologues who are responsible for 50 years of almost non stop war.

BTW, I am not sure it is a coincidence that the Saudis executed 40 some people this week very shortly after Trump tweeted that insult to the Saudi prince suggesting he would be nothing without his daddy's money.

It is reminiscent of how the Turks shot down the Russian plane after Putin exposed Erdogan's purchase of stolen Syrian oil.

Muslim leaders tend to avenge perceived insults with death to someone perceived to be on the offender's side.

Don

> > Newsletter 2016/01/06 - Bloody Alliance (II)
> >
> > RIYADH/BERLIN (Own report) - With its own anti-Iranian policy, the
> > West had prepared the basis for the aggressive stance Saudi Arabia is
> > currently taking in relationship to Teheran. This becomes clear when
> > looking at the Middle East policy pursued by the West over the past 13
> > years. During that period, western countries, including Germany, have
> > been systematically strengthening Saudi Arabia to make it a
> > countervailing power in confrontation with an emerging Iran, a
> > function previously held by Iraq. The West has not only been
> > supporting Riyadh economically but also militarily, including with
> > supplies of repression technology - also from the Federal Republic of
> > Germany - to put down possible domestic unrest. In the meantime,
> > however, Germany's interests have shifted and Berlin has assisted in
> > reaching the nuclear agreement with Teheran. This will permit German
> > enterprises to have close cooperation with Iran, promising high
> > profits. This is why the German government now seeks to promote a
> > settlement between Iran and Saudi Arabia and to induce Riyadh's
> > acceptance of a "dialogue." Determined to continue its anti-Iranian
> > course, Riyadh still rejects talking to Teheran.
> >
> > more
> > http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/fulltext/58909