Originally Posted by
OUTLAW 09
Dayuhan---do you really understand the core differences between Shiism and Sunnism? Have you spent hours talking/debating with fundamentalists of both colors? Do you "understand" Khomeini's Green Crescent policy ---follow on a map the Silk Road and you will "understand". Do you "understand" the KSA reaction to the Green Crescent theory?
Do you really understand the long standing (1400 year old) philosophical debate between the various factions of Shiaism as there are actually over eight different factions of Shiasm, Sunnism (secular/fundamentalist) and Sulfism?
Do you understand their different understandings of governance/their responsibilities to their own community, and the WHY behind those differences?
If you do "understand " the differences then do you see in our US ME polices a reflection of all of that?---especially in Syria/Lebanon where this question of Islamic differences is playing out along with the issue of regional hegemony?
If you do "understand" then you would be "seeing" what is going on inside Iraq, AFG, Lebanon, Pakistan, and finally Syria.
Then you would actually "understand" where the KSA is coming from.