Two sides of the Saudi coin?
[ by Charles Cameron — sunni / salafi hope, shia fear, when the us weighs saudi oil against iranian nukes — what say the sufis? ]
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Context one:
First stop on Trump’s first official trip overseas signals Saudi Arabia’s importance https://t.co/kIfCiVesxh
— Blogs of War (@BlogsofWar) May 18, 2017
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Context two:
Iraqi Christians visit Imam Hussain shrine in Kerbala & pray at one of the oldest churches in the world. https://t.co/NMG5UcmadB #Iraq pic.twitter.com/jvOm6GCSNT
— ICID (@IraqiCouncil) May 18, 2017
Beautiful. It's this wonderful coexistence, diversity and tolerance that Saudi Arabia, ISIS and Al-Qaeda fear. They all want to erase this. https://t.co/evPJqPJMcq
— Hayder al-Khoei (@Hayder_alKhoei) May 18, 2017
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Having said that, returning to the Saudi visit:
Hayder al-Khoei is less than enthused:
This is the aim of Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia – and it isn't good for Shia communities https://t.co/n3EJlJCVXU
— Hayder al-Khoei (@Hayder_alKhoei) May 18, 2017
Fisk: The aim is simple: to prepare the Sunni Muslims of the Middle East for war against the Shia Muslims. With help from Israel. #pt
— Hayder al-Khoei (@Hayder_alKhoei) May 18, 2017
The fact that most of the Middle East’s “terrorism” – Isis and al-Qaeda – have their fountainhead in Saudi, must and will be ignored. #pt
— Hayder al-Khoei (@Hayder_alKhoei) May 18, 2017
Fisk: The fact that Isis – Trump’s mortal enemy – is a creature of the same Salafist cult as Saudi Arabia, is neither here nor there. #pt
— Hayder al-Khoei (@Hayder_alKhoei) May 18, 2017
