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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Fisk: "Iran deal – America has taken Iran's side – to the fury of Israel and Saudi Arabia"
Thats not how it was represented by the great and the good, of course. The headlines were simple. The Iranians agree to jam the breaks on their nuclear programme, pack up their centrifuges for a decade and cut back their uranium stockpile. All this in return for an end to the sanctions, financial goodies and bank transfers that Washington, the EU and the dear old United Nations had variously imposed on and witheld from the nation which that bearded old prelate Ruhollah Khomeini founded as an Islamic Republic 36 years ago.
Goodbye, therefore, to the overwhelming influence of the Sunni Muslim nations which gave their sons to the 9/11 crimes against humanity and provided the world with Osama bin Laden, which supported the Taliban and then the Sunni Islamists of Iraq and Syria and finally goodbye to those emirs and princes who support Isis. Washington is sick and tired of the decrepit princes of the Gulf, their puritanical lectures, their tiresome wealth (unless its paying for US weaponry) and their grotty civil war in Yemen. Shia Iran is now the good guy on the block.
Of course, appearances can be deceptive. The raving loonies among the Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran, the raving loonies in the Israeli cabinet and the raving loonies in the US Congress will try to gum up the works. But heres a thought. John Kerry not, to be sure, the brightest of US secretaries of state has spent more time at the Iran talks in Vienna eighteen days than any of his predecessors have passed in one place since the Second World War. I guess poor old Edward Stettinius had to spend nigh on two months at the San Fransisco Conference to create the UN Charter. Yalta lasted only eight days, Potsdam 17 days. No wonder Netanyahu is furious.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iran-nuclear-deal-however-the-great-and-good-represent-it-america-has-now-taken-the-shia-side-in-the-middle-easts-sectarian-war-10388940.html
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Wow. To have Bibi and the lads from Isis on the same page however briefly is definitely one for the books.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)We have taken no such side. What we've done is avoided getting into a war with Iran.
Fisk is a king's fool
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)"decrepit princes of the Gulf, their puritanical lectures, their tiresome wealth", though.
Also, his amazed observation of the unthinkable alignment of Bibi with ISIS!
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)with the Saudis and Egyptians, and are sub rosa allies with al-Nusra in Syria.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)So, they're secretly backing an al-Qaeda branch, huh? No surprise there, really.
Bibi is a duplicitous, deceitful opportunist. He will support any dubious group, if he thinks it will strengthen his political position at home.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)That'll learn us.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT NOW! 'NO' to US Billions in Aid!1!!111!!!!
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Iranian oil will begin to be traded on the open world market which will drive prices, and thus profits DOWN.
Now you know why the Kochs are funding advertisements against this deal to the tunes of tens, and maybe hundreds of millions of dollars. They stand to lose untold billions in profits because of what this will do the the global oil market.
And for the average consumer? Gos may go as low as $2/gallon.
Yeah, now you know why the Saudis are having such a butthurt, too.