Mike
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You know, every once in a great while, Shep manages to get something really right. And if you listen to this one, Shep really gets it right.
Mike Barrett understands what has happened in the Middle East. He rightfully says the Sunnis are going to accept the rebels, long before they will think about accepting Shi'a domination. Ding, ding, ding, someone deserves a gold star on that one. And they both have it figured out - the Sunnis, the Shi'a, and the Kurds don't give two shakes about the nation of Iraq, any more than they cared about the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. Hmmm, Barrett is an anomaly, because he is former military intelligence, which I didn't think was possible.
But it gets extremely interesting, shortly after 3:00.
Barrett: Unfortunately, the Sunnis think we're in bed with the Shi'a. And the Shi'a are convinced we created ISIS.
Shep hits the nail, directly on the thumb with his response: Uhhh, well, aren't the Shi'a right?
Cha-CHING!
And then, pay very close attention to Barrett, as he says, "...we didn't intentionally create it."
I wish the American people could, or would, sit down and watch that short clip, because it says it all. Westerners do not understand tribal alliances. Westerners do not understand those alliances mean everything to these people, and some perceived lines drawn on a map mean absolutely nothing.
I never would have imagined hearing such common sense and truth onFaux Fox News, but there you have it.
Mike Barrett understands what has happened in the Middle East. He rightfully says the Sunnis are going to accept the rebels, long before they will think about accepting Shi'a domination. Ding, ding, ding, someone deserves a gold star on that one. And they both have it figured out - the Sunnis, the Shi'a, and the Kurds don't give two shakes about the nation of Iraq, any more than they cared about the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. Hmmm, Barrett is an anomaly, because he is former military intelligence, which I didn't think was possible.
But it gets extremely interesting, shortly after 3:00.
Barrett: Unfortunately, the Sunnis think we're in bed with the Shi'a. And the Shi'a are convinced we created ISIS.
Shep hits the nail, directly on the thumb with his response: Uhhh, well, aren't the Shi'a right?
Cha-CHING!
And then, pay very close attention to Barrett, as he says, "...we didn't intentionally create it."
I wish the American people could, or would, sit down and watch that short clip, because it says it all. Westerners do not understand tribal alliances. Westerners do not understand those alliances mean everything to these people, and some perceived lines drawn on a map mean absolutely nothing.
I never would have imagined hearing such common sense and truth on