Do You Wonder Why Syria Works With Iran?
Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of all the factions involved in Middle East politics. Winds of Change.net has an interesting post about the question of whether Iraq can become a democracy or not.
One part of the post quotes from a description of the Hama Massacre from Wikipedia. That entry includes references to a book “Pity the Nation” by Robert Fisk. This quote from within the book tells a lot about why “baby” Assad would support Akhmadenijad and the Iranian Mullahs, who are Shiite, over al Qaeda and the other Sunni factions
Government repression in Syria hardened considerably, as al-Assad had spent in Hama any goodwill he previously had left with the Sunni majority, and now was compelled to rely on pure force to stay in power.
With examples like these and the current day news about what passes for politics in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza strip, Iraq starts to look fairly calm. It looks especially so when you take out all the outsiders - Sunni recruits to al Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian IRGC and Qods Force.
