truth on hold Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 (edited) Sheuer used to work for CIA as head of Mideast intelligence (sidenote he's also from Buffalo, think he went to Canisius College.) He provides a sobering assessment of Bahrain, which turns out is a conflict between Shi'ite (Iran) and Sunni's (Saudi's) ... essentially the biggest hot button in Islam. Saudi's won't allow a Shi'ite stronghold on the peninsula and Iran would like nothing more. US would have to be drawn in if Iranian military does, because Saudi's would get trounced. If this happens he thinks US military would be so stretched we'd have to reinstate the draft ... ouch. Fast forward to 10:00 if you just want the piece on Bahrain. Edited April 15, 2011 by Joe_the_6_pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Why should we come to Saudi Arabia's aid? This Scheuer guy is horribly inconsistent. We shouldn't intervene on behalf of one ally, Israel and should for another Saudi Arabia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 I don't think he said "should", he said "would", because Saudis are a key trading partner from whom we buy oil and they help fund our deficit. Israel has no oil, and they take money from us in the form of loan guarantees and aid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 NO BLOOD FOR OIL!!! </typical leftist idiot> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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