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Saudi war with Sweeden, Iran Hegemony
Just a couple of articles relevant to recent discussions here...

How Saudi Arabia turned Sweden’s human rights criticisms into an attack on Islam - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worl...-on-islam/ Wrote:After a rare public criticism of its human rights record by Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, Saudi Arabia is at diplomatic war with Sweden.
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Saudi Arabia is a key U.S. ally, and official criticism of the kingdom is remarkably rare, despite Saudi Arabia's poor treatment of women and minorities, lack of tolerance for political discourse, and harsh punishments for apostasy and blasphemy. Many people are glad that a Western nation would take a stand for human rights in Saudi Arabia.

Part of this is because of the considerable economic pressure Saudi Arabia is able to put on Sweden (Sweden exported $1.3 billion to Saudi Arabia last year). But perhaps even more powerful has been the rhetorical pressure — Saudi Arabia has succeeded in making the argument not about human rights, but about Islam.

Fahad Nazer, a former political analyst at the Saudi Embassy in Washington, says the Saudi legal system has become a "red line" that the kingdom won't allow criticism to cross. "Framing the argument in religious terms does make it more difficult for Western critics to push the Saudis hard on this," Nazer explains. "It's not a debate that Western countries want to be engaged in."

Perhaps Sweeden needs to enlist Obama's help in declaring by decree what is Islamic and what is not Islamic.

But, Sweedish Practicalism does have it's merits in the Middle East...

A satirical Ikea guide to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis - The Washington Post
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Finally,

Iran's Goal is Middle Eastern Hegemony | World Affairs Journal

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/...n-hegemony Wrote:The chattering class has spent the last couple of days pontificating on and bickering about the so-called nuclear “deal” with Iran, but largely missing from the conversation is a recognition of the Iranian government's ultimate goal—to become the regional hegemon. Its nuclear weapons program is simply a means to that end.
04-10-2015 10:26 AM
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(04-10-2015 10:26 AM)I45owl Wrote:  Iran's Goal is Middle Eastern Hegemony | World Affairs Journal

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/...n-hegemony Wrote:The chattering class has spent the last couple of days pontificating on and bickering about the so-called nuclear “deal” with Iran, but largely missing from the conversation is a recognition of the Iranian government's ultimate goal—to become the regional hegemon. Its nuclear weapons program is simply a means to that end.

Yep, what I've been saying for quite some time now.

Israel is a side show to Iran's true ambitions. I would give it about a 50/50 chance that Iran would leave Israel standing as it pursued domination of the Arab world.
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