Shiite and Sunnis
It is becoming more and more evident that the problems in Iraq are not just a struggle isolated to this country, but that this is a global struggle between Sunnis and Shiites of the Muslim faith using Iraq as their battleground.
The Associated Press has just released and article pointing to Saudi funding being trucked into Iraq to fund the Sunni struggle there. You can read this must see article here. Just to clarify, this is not the Saudi government funding the insurgency, but rather Muslim clerics and every day Muslim followers. Their charitable contributions, as required by their faith, are being funneled by their own Clerics into Iraq.
In the Muslim faith, one of the tenents of the faith is to give generously to Muslim brothers and those in need. Usually this donation is given to the Cleric and then the Cleric has personal discretion on how the money is spent. Trunks of cash are being found on trucks going into Iraq to fund the Sunnis there.
This is now becoming a wider struggle than just one for the government in Iraq, this is becoming a religious struggle. That is a very dangerous situation. At the same time, Bush is stating that he will cherrypick the ideas from the Iraq Report. Several he has stated that he will ignore are the pivotal ones working to create a consensus drawing in Syria and Iran.
Clearly we are in for chaos in the Middle East, we know the solutions, but Saudi Muslim followers and President Bush are simply ignoring them. Sorry, but the situation is doomed to blossom and spiral out of control.
The Associated Press has just released and article pointing to Saudi funding being trucked into Iraq to fund the Sunni struggle there. You can read this must see article here. Just to clarify, this is not the Saudi government funding the insurgency, but rather Muslim clerics and every day Muslim followers. Their charitable contributions, as required by their faith, are being funneled by their own Clerics into Iraq.
In the Muslim faith, one of the tenents of the faith is to give generously to Muslim brothers and those in need. Usually this donation is given to the Cleric and then the Cleric has personal discretion on how the money is spent. Trunks of cash are being found on trucks going into Iraq to fund the Sunnis there.
This is now becoming a wider struggle than just one for the government in Iraq, this is becoming a religious struggle. That is a very dangerous situation. At the same time, Bush is stating that he will cherrypick the ideas from the Iraq Report. Several he has stated that he will ignore are the pivotal ones working to create a consensus drawing in Syria and Iran.
Clearly we are in for chaos in the Middle East, we know the solutions, but Saudi Muslim followers and President Bush are simply ignoring them. Sorry, but the situation is doomed to blossom and spiral out of control.
