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CCIP · 09-09-15, 03:42 PM

Well, like I keep mentioning, there are other forces at play in Mideast politics that I think West often fails to appreciate properly. Some of them are purely political, in some cases nationalist or even tribal. While the West complains about religion, the Gulf states, paradoxically, are probably more concerned about letting in large numbers of Arabs raised under Baathist regimes and who, whether they supported the regimes or not, likely have socialist leanings. After having seen the Arab Spring (and arguably having dodged a bullet from it), the Arab states are all too conscious of the consequences.

Imagine being a Syrian refugee trying to save your family, with the press in the West complaining how you're far too much of a traditional Islamist to be tolerated without risk, while Arab states look at you and say you're not traditional enough and are far too socialist to not be a danger to their social order. Nice life, isn't it?

09-09-15, 03:42 PM	#5
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Well, like I keep mentioning, there are other forces at play in Mideast politics that I think West often fails to appreciate properly. Some of them are purely political, in some cases nationalist or even tribal. While the West complains about religion, the Gulf states, paradoxically, are probably more concerned about letting in large numbers of Arabs raised under Baathist regimes and who, whether they supported the regimes or not, likely have socialist leanings. After having seen the Arab Spring (and arguably having dodged a bullet from it), the Arab states are all too conscious of the consequences. Imagine being a Syrian refugee trying to save your family, with the press in the West complaining how you're far too much of a traditional Islamist to be tolerated without risk, while Arab states look at you and say you're not traditional enough and are far too socialist to not be a danger to their social order. Nice life, isn't it? __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)