Talk:Saudi-Qatar clash

So at the same time, Qatar gets busted for being THE bad guys behind al-Qaeda (not al-Namechange Front), ISIS, and even the Obama-coddled threat of the Muslim Brotherhood all over the region - and at the same time they were caught openly praising Iran (and denying it of course), and coddling Israel, which matters why? Street cred? You can allege as you've always wanted to that all the bad stuff(and definitions vary by audience but ISIS is usually included) comes from Iran, Assad, anyone you don't like. And (if you're talking to the masses, or in general like this) heck, from Isreel too. They work through Qatar, as the hinted allegation now goes, and it seems this was just figured out recently. Huh.

Sounds like the kind of stupid superheroes cartoon story KSA's rulers or the Qataris themselves would come up with. That's clear. Debate will be about why. I'll try to read up. Or maybe not... I could stand to catch up elsewhere first. I just love how stupid their history books are going to have to be, even compared to now. --Caustic Logic (talk) 12:08, 6 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm sure part of the why now, and the main one, is the ever-influential Brits now feel a serious need to address something Saudi-like, which everyone knows is the root cause. Qatar was deemed a better sacrifice - the current rulers, not the place, Overwhelming and stangely unanimous out-of-nowhere mass pressure, with a clear goal of regime change - probably superficial - a new prince, who will swear to launch an investigation, some mino changes to clarify the point, nothing else. But, depending on what I'm missing, it could be bigger than that.--Caustic Logic (talk) 12:12, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Don't think such horse-spatting will make a proper Brit happy. Looks more like MAGA. Also, big weapons contract to SA has (to overcome) some resistance. So, next time a horse-spatting opportunity arrived, there was a reason to give it a public venue. FWIW . --Resup (talk) 17:21, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think the UK government wants any kind of trouble with Qatar, which has huge investments in the UK. This looks like another reckless and ill-judged adventure by the deputy crown prince MBS. The result is to drive Qatar into the arms of Iran. As with the Yemen intervention, the UK will go along with it because UK foreign policy is bought and paid for by the House of Saud. There have been several reports over the last ten years about a gigantic UK-Saudi slush fund generated by arms deals going back to the 1980s (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8286b10-2833-11dc-80da-000b5df10621.html), allegedly administered by MI6.  This is likely to be a motive and a source of funds for the UK's involvement in Syria. Pmr9 (talk) 18:06, 6 June 2017 (UTC)