The ouster of Mahmoud Morsi, the
Muslim Brotherhood’s Egyptian president, and his replacement with the
anti-Muslim Brotherhood al-Sisi represented a public and dramatic shifting of
alliances in the Middle East. Both Egypt and Israel distrust Hamas more than
they mistrust each other. Turkey is no longer friends with Egypt, but may be
moving closer to its erstwhile competitor for regional hegemon, Iran. Saudi
Arabia mistrusts Shia Iran more than it mistrusts Israel, and then along came
ISIS and scattered the dice yet again.
ISIS is a very serious threat to
Saudi Arabia, as it already has acquired a swath of Iraq, which is to the
Kingdom’s north. And ISIS is a threat to Iran, as it has acquired a swath through
Syria, which abuts Iran. Now ISIS has begun threatening not only Lebanon, where
it at least temporarily captured a city, but the foremost terrorist group on
the planet is now breathing down tiny Jordan’s neck, and that isn’t good for
anyone in the region.
According to journalist Eli Lake,
Even before the ISIS offensive in Iraq, supporters of the group had tweeted
maps showing the city of Ma’an in southern Jordan, as part of a regional
Caliphate. Last week, a photo from Ma’an showed ISIS supporters holding a
banner declaring the city, “the Fallujah of Jordan,” comparing it to the city
in Western Iraq fell to ISIS in January. There are some reports that Jordan is
already relying on Israeli intelligence regarding ISIS.
“There is a very good cooperation
between us regarding ISIS’ growing presence in Iraq and Syria, but also on
issues relating to other radical forces in the Middle East which have their
sights set on Israel and Jordan,” a Jordanian diplomatic source told YNet. Meanwhile, the not terribly reliable Russian
news source Press TV reported that ISIS is actually a creation of Israel, the
United States and Saudi Arabia.
Our campaign in Gaza was intended
to restore that sovereignty to Israel. But the campaign is not yet over, you
will certainly see the Gaza War, Part II as soon as Hamas & Co. have dug enough
tunnels and accumulated enough mortar rounds and a wide assortment of rockets…so
you in Gaza again CNN.
Hopefully this time, the
government of Israel will let the I.D.F. do its job, no matter the collateral
damage caused. Therefore, no tears for
Gaza…raze to the ground and re-establish Gush Katiff…
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