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I agree on the "moderate" part. Tom Send a noteboard - 04/08/2014 10:27:15 PM

However, it is interesting to see that most of the Gulf states (including the Saudis but excluding the Qataris) got rattled when Morsi came to power in Egypt and so have taken a very strong anti-Brotherhood stance that also involves bashing Hamas as allies of the Brotherhood and/or the Shias. This has pushed them closer to the Israeli position. Considering that Israel's other big enemy, Hezbollah, is a Shia group fighting the Sunni rebels they've been financing, they have even more reasons to cooperate.

It has created a tripartite sort of division, because Turkey and Qatar were very strong supporters of the Brotherhood and early on supported the Syrian opposition in a huge way. Qatar seems to have doubled down on Sunni extremists, but Turkey is now faced with the Islamic State on its southern doorstep and can't be happy about that. Although they are almost certainly experiencing a monumental crisis of ideology (not just on their role in Middle Eastern politics, either), they revert to pro-Brotherhood sentiments regarding Israel.

I think the reason Iran, Hezbollah and Assad haven't really said much is because they are too busy fighting on other fronts, and feel that Hamas dumped them far too quickly.




Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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This message last edited by Tom on 04/08/2014 at 10:27:26 PM
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