THE UNMAKING OF THE MIDDLE EAST

 

 

After reading this article, especially the last two paragraphs, you will probably feel as I do that the situation in the Middle East is spinning out of control and whatever leverage we once had is gone.  HOWEVER, what  impact will there be on events in  the Middle East once it becomes clearer that America is becoming the new energy powerhouse ?  Much of the oil money that has flowed into the Middle East over the last 50+ years  has  been funneled into a whole cast of nefarious Mid East radical and corrupt  groups and dictators.  The possible drying up of Mid East oil money just might be the key to defusing this powder keg.  How fascinating  it is going to be to watch how this all plays out in the years ahead. 
Let’s do our part and Drill, Baby, Drill !!!    Nancy 

The Unmaking of the Middle East

Thomas Donnelly is codirector of the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Mary Habeck is the author of
Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror and the forthcoming Attacking America: Al-Qa’ida’s Grand Strategy (Basic, 2014).

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