Hi John,
I have a question for you since you follow this stuff. Why do American administrations of both parties seem to see Saudi Arabia and the Sunnis as allies while Iran and the Shia are enemies? I know that Iran did the hostage crisis, but Saudi Arabia did the oil embargo, which I see as just as bad. And I know that the Iranian-supported Shiite group Hezbollah killed 241 Americans in Lebanon in 1983, but the Saudi-supported Sunni group al Qaeda killed 2996 Americans on 911. Since the 1980's Shiite groups have not targeted Americans AFAIK, while Sunni groups (e.g. ISIS and affiliates) continue to kill Americans and other Westerners. So why are we siding with the Sunnis? Why not do what Reagan did and play them off against each other?
I have a question for you since you follow this stuff. Why do American administrations of both parties seem to see Saudi Arabia and the Sunnis as allies while Iran and the Shia are enemies? I know that Iran did the hostage crisis, but Saudi Arabia did the oil embargo, which I see as just as bad. And I know that the Iranian-supported Shiite group Hezbollah killed 241 Americans in Lebanon in 1983, but the Saudi-supported Sunni group al Qaeda killed 2996 Americans on 911. Since the 1980's Shiite groups have not targeted Americans AFAIK, while Sunni groups (e.g. ISIS and affiliates) continue to kill Americans and other Westerners. So why are we siding with the Sunnis? Why not do what Reagan did and play them off against each other?
