Blaming Bush the Younger for the rise in Sunni radicalism.
"It was in 2007 that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia launched what Seymour Hersh, who broke the story in The New Yorker,
called “the Redirection.” Under this policy revolution, the U.S. and
the Saudis (with Israel’s blessing and prodding) began trying to bolster
Sunni radicals in an effort to “contain” the “Shiite resurgence”
brought about by the U.S. empowerment of the Shiites in Iraq. It all
started in Lebanon"
Schizophrenic.
"In Lebanon, the Administration has cooperated with Saudi Arabia’s
government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended
to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran. The
U.S. has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at Iran and
its ally Syria. A by-product of these activities has been the
bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of
Islam and are hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda. (…)"
The US uses al Qaeda as a tool.
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