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Algernon Moncrieff

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92. The Middle East is being carved up

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 03:51 PM

Oct 2019

My guess is that this is the first step in something that will be called a Mideast Peace Settlement, but will essentially be a Superpower hegemony agreement along the lines of what happened after WWI.

Step 1 was basically conceding the Syrian Civil War to the Assad's on Russia's terms. Turkey got a buffer zone to ensure the Kurds went anywhere else. The Kurds got nothing but empty promises. We got the head of ISIS.

My guess is that sometime next year, once it is clear Assad isn't going anywhere, that some kind of mediated talks will begin between Israel and Syria. Meanwhile, Iran will attempt to continue to strengthen ties with China as a bulwark against Saudi Arabia and Israel.

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