Friday, August 22, 2014

A U.S. - Iran - Hezbollah Alliance?

Powerless To Stop Islamic State, West May Have To Join Forces With Iran, Hezbollah -- Jerusalem Post

Israel, Sunni world wary of any Western rapprochement with Iran; Israeli expert says West is helpless, doesn't know what to do against Islamic State.

US attacks on the Sunni Islamic State in Iraq and its cooperation and arming of the ruling Shi’ite government there, is the latest signal that the West is moving towards an arrangement with the Shi’ite Iranian axis, which includes Hezbollah, Iraq, and Syria.

Such an alignment has been feared by the Sunni world and Israel for some time.

For example, the Obama administration has allowed Iran to drag out negotiations over the country’s nuclear program and reportedly indirectly shared intelligence with Hezbollah to counter Islamist jihadists in Lebanon.

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My Comment: This is what happens when international strategic thinking and planning goes AWOL from the White House (or when it is completely wrong) .... we have discussions like this one from the Jerusalem Post.

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