PEPE ESCOBAR :: Syrian blood etches a new line in the sand - #Syria #Obama #Turky #Alqaeda #Qatar #NATO #R2P

See on Scoop.it - Saif al Islam

“Once upon a time, early in the previous century, a line in the sand was drawn, from Acre to Kirkuk. Two colonial powers - Britain and France - nonchalantly divided the Middle East between themselves; everything north of the line in the sand was France’s; south, it was Britain’s. 

Many blowbacks - and concentric tragedies - later, a new line in the sand is being drawn by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Between Syria and Iraq, they want it all. Talk about the return of the repressed; now, as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-Gulf Cooperation Council compound, they’re in bed with their former colonial masters. 

Blow by blow

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See on atimes.com