Tom O'Connor, Newsweek: Russia, Not the US, is Now Calling the Shots in the Middle East With Iran and Iraq
Russia's deputy foreign minister met Wednesday with leading diplomats from Iran and Iraq to discuss combating Islamist extremist groups and the future of Syria.
With the U.S. minimizing efforts to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iraq expressing weariness of the U.S.'s extended presence in its country, Russia has become an increasingly important power broker in the region. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met in Moscow with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari and Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Nazar Khairallah to emphasize the "principled position of the three countries" on Syria. All three expressed support for Assad in a lengthy war pitting his armed forces against jihadists and opposition groups, according to Syria's pro-government Al-Watan newspaper and Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency.
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WNU editor: Tom O'Connor works for Newsweek .... and probably gets well paid for writing and explaining his point of view .... such as the story above where he explains why Russia is calling the shots in the Middle East. This humble little blogger .... who does not get paid .... writes the same story almost two years ago .... but gets no recognition .... just bragging rights that he was well ahead of the curve before anyone else. Life is so unfair ....
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6 comments:
WNU,
" writes the same story almost two years ago" you forgot someone.
LOL
True.
Busted.
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So if 2 years form now or 5 years form now if the ME is still at war, will the usual suspects still blame the U.S.?
I think it's a fallacy to believe any outsider calls shots in the middle east. It's a place so culturally different to us that we cannot comprehend it fully, nor call shots in any significant longterm manner. Sure, Russia can kill a bunch of people over there, but just like the US, it will be a financial and humanitarian nightmare to send their sons and daughters there. .for what? Nation building? War? What's the strategic significance? Oil? It's not the 80s anymore. Russia calls shots over BS
"I think it's a fallacy to believe any outsider calls shots in the middle east"
It may be, but people do it all of the time.
"Shots" like vodka except these guys don't drink. I believe the USSR was calling the shots in Afghanistan too
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