tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post512649689556244532..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Republican Lies and Distortions About the Middle EastNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-6670847104969762772015-12-16T19:08:48.784-06:002015-12-16T19:08:48.784-06:00Their ignorance is bottomless. Not so long ago Ru...Their ignorance is bottomless. Not so long ago Rubio, supposedly the foreign-policy whiz in this menagerie, was claiming that Obama was holding back from fighting ISIL too hard because he didn't want to offend Iran -- as if ISIL and Iran were allies, when in fact they're bitter enemies.<br /><br />Seeing things through a Sunni-vs-Shiite prism is somewhat more accurate, but again, it's not that simple. ISIL and (most of) the Kurds are Sunni, yet they're bitter enemies, while Shiite Iran is helping the Kurds (there's a linguistic/ethnic link there which I'm sure none of the Republicans are aware of). Even in Syria, not everyone is driven by sectarian hatred. Asad's wife is a Sunni.<br /><br />For that matter, the population living under the oppressive rule of ISIL is mostly Sunni, with large Christian minorities here and there. They're the ones who would be killed in large numbers by the indiscriminate bombing the Republicans seem to want, which would turn other Sunnis (whom the Republicans view as allies) against us. They haven't even remotely thought this through.<br /><br />Thank goodness we have Obama running things instead of these blunderers.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com