For at least 8 years, the US, and its Gulf Cooperation Council clients – primarily Saudi Arabia – have led a policy of bolstering “Sunni”(5) militants in the region to incite sectarian aggression against the perception of an expanding “Shia crescent” consisting of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah. No account or even acknowledgement of this – the crucial context for the US’ latest bombing campaign and wider imperial strategy – appears in [The Guardians] article.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:40:26 +0000