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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConfused about the Middle East?
Here let one of our British friends fill you in.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-24/case-you-are-still-confused-what-going-middle-east
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Confused about the Middle East? (Original Post)
SomethingFishy
Sep 2014
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Suich
(10,642 posts)1. Thanks a lot!
I was just looking for that article...great explanation!
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)2. ,
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delrem
(9,688 posts)3. 1. The USA wants regime change in Syria. 2. The USA is now bombing Syria.
Nothing confusing about it at all.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,148 posts)4. Too bad Syria discovered it has HUGE gas wells
and too bad Assad wants to trade with Russia and Iran.
THAT's what he gets for being so uncooperative with the US.