The Qatar row

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and UAE are implementing "extreme vetting" for Qatari nationals. ;)

Qatar row: Economic impact threatens food, flights and football

Iran must be very happy about this. Qatar has been a major thorn in their ass, geopolitically. Really, any rifts between the Gulf states is welcome news for Iran. Especially since divide-and-rule is their fave strategy. Breaking up the anti-Iranian coalition is their number one goal, and this development is going to help greatly in that respect - just as Trump was planning to reverse things with them and put Iran under pressure again.

This will surely divert attention from Iran's military adventurism and their new level of geopolitical assertiveness, what with their involvement in Iraq and Syria. Iran has expanded their activities in Iraq through their Shia militia proxies, and they've allied with the Kurds to counter Daesh. Assad in Syria is supported by both Russia and Syria, and doesn't look likely to go away any time soon. All in all, Iran has scored a major victory, and is about to complete their coveted belt spanning the main oil pipeline routes from Central Asia to the Mediterranean.

How happy would Putin be with all that, is another issue. But the Qatari development is a major blow on America's and Western interests as a whole. And they've had it coming for quite a while now.

Comments

[dreamville-bg.livejournal.com]

They're all just pissed that Qatar got the FIFA World Cup, that's all.

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

Whoever thinks such a development was possible only in a world where Trump is the president of the US, they must have a rather short attention span. In fact Qatar was a problem during Obama's 8 years too. It's not like this is the first time when the Gulf countries have blocked Qatar for the same or similar reasons, either.

In 2009, John Kerry said this:
“Qatar can’t continue to be an American ally on Monday that sends money to Hamas on Tuesday.”

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

The odd thing is the Qataris have backed Hamas, not the PLO which is aligned with Iran. Hamas is somewhat aligned with Saudi. Most Saudi royals of the caliphate jihadist kind support Hamas, and ISIS which is obviously ok. But Hamas is not.

Pot, kettle, kettle, pot. Pleased to meet you.

All of them, obvs. They are all in it up to the neck. And this deflection is just that: a smokescreen to cover their own arses from their own funding of terrorism.

[nairiporter.livejournal.com]

Nice way to get the rogue member of the gang back into line, and stop them from playing geopolitical double-games.

But it is all about the fight against terrorism, no doubt...

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Apparently there is more intel on stuff:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/07/qatar-fbi-says-russian-hackers-planted-fake-news-story-that-led-to-crisis-report (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/07/qatar-fbi-says-russian-hackers-planted-fake-news-story-that-led-to-crisis-report)

Which is beginning to make we wonder about how uncle Vlad is funding all of this? If this is indicative of his reach, one wonders about his budget: how the fuck is he paying for all of this? I mean even with sweatshop labour doing the coding...

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Of course, Putin is to blame for everything that goes wrong in the world. From Beyonce's latest album being shit to crop circles not being exactly round.