Decoding the "Middle East"

[NeonLX]

Thank you so very much, Alice. This is a brilliant summary. I'd like to be able to share it with others, but only if I have your permission.

On edit: My favorite quote among many favorites in your article:

What we’re witnessing right now in the Arab countries is not multiple wars between hundreds of “sides”, as they’re being portrayed by most media and analysts, but one war between two sides. On one side is the neocons’ Zionist plan for the Middle East and on the other is the Arab nation. One side is fighting to divide; the other is fighting to unite.

[AlicetheKurious]

Thank you, NeonLX. Of course you are welcome to share it with anyone. I think it's very deliberate, how what's happening in my part of the world is presented so consistently in a way designed to confuse and intimidate people, and basically to discourage them from even thinking about it.

[AlicetheKurious]

At least someone in Europe seems to get it, even if his audience is infinitely smaller than those who consume a steady diet of media lies:

("Daesh" is the nonsensical Arab acronym for the English "ISIS")



Although he does need to acknowledge that Bandar Bush has been decommissioned, and that Saudi Arabia is in the process of awakening from its trance, despite the ongoing efforts of the US to keep it under.

[Nordic]

Bumping. Is that cool? I can't remember the rules on that.

[zangtang]

i hope so....i've just found it using the search function - i need to print this off and re-read it...prolly several times.