georgephillip
Diamond Member
Can oil rich Muslim fundamentalists find common ground with expansionist Zionists in the Jewish state? Robert Perry writes Syrian real estate will be the next big test of whether these two states can combine unimaginable wealth with false flag genius to drag the US further into the balkanization of Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.
"Exclusive: Egypts counterrevolution and Syrias civil war could herald the arrival of a new superpower coalition, an unlikely alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia, one with great political clout and the other with vast financial wealth, together flexing their muscles across the Middle East, writes Robert Parry. (8/29/2013)
"The twin crises in Syria and Egypt have marked the emergence of a new superpower coalition in the Middle East, the odd-couple alliance of Israel and Saudi Arabia, with Jordon serving as an intermediary and the Persian Gulf oil sheikdoms playing a supporting role.
"The potential impact of this new coalition can barely be overstated, with Israel bringing to the table its remarkable propaganda skills and its unparalleled influence over U.S. foreign policy and Saudi Arabia tapping into its vast reservoir of petrodollars and exploiting its global financial networks.
"Together the two countries are now shaping international responses to the conflicts in Syria and Egypt, but that may only be the start.
"Though Israel and Saudi Arabia have had historic differences one a Jewish religious state and the other embracing the ultraconservative Wahhabi version of Sunni Islam the two countries have found, more recently, that their interests intersect.
"Both see Iran, with its Shiite rulers, as their principal regional rival. Both are leery of the populist Islamic movements unleashed by the Arab Spring.
"Both sided with the Egyptian military in its coup against the elected Muslim Brotherhood government, and both are pleased to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad facing a possible military assault from the United States.
"While the two countries could be accused of riding the whirlwind of chaos across the Middle East..."
The Saudi-Israeli Superpower | Consortiumnews
"Exclusive: Egypts counterrevolution and Syrias civil war could herald the arrival of a new superpower coalition, an unlikely alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia, one with great political clout and the other with vast financial wealth, together flexing their muscles across the Middle East, writes Robert Parry. (8/29/2013)
"The twin crises in Syria and Egypt have marked the emergence of a new superpower coalition in the Middle East, the odd-couple alliance of Israel and Saudi Arabia, with Jordon serving as an intermediary and the Persian Gulf oil sheikdoms playing a supporting role.
"The potential impact of this new coalition can barely be overstated, with Israel bringing to the table its remarkable propaganda skills and its unparalleled influence over U.S. foreign policy and Saudi Arabia tapping into its vast reservoir of petrodollars and exploiting its global financial networks.
"Together the two countries are now shaping international responses to the conflicts in Syria and Egypt, but that may only be the start.
"Though Israel and Saudi Arabia have had historic differences one a Jewish religious state and the other embracing the ultraconservative Wahhabi version of Sunni Islam the two countries have found, more recently, that their interests intersect.
"Both see Iran, with its Shiite rulers, as their principal regional rival. Both are leery of the populist Islamic movements unleashed by the Arab Spring.
"Both sided with the Egyptian military in its coup against the elected Muslim Brotherhood government, and both are pleased to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad facing a possible military assault from the United States.
"While the two countries could be accused of riding the whirlwind of chaos across the Middle East..."
The Saudi-Israeli Superpower | Consortiumnews
