The Saudi-funded spread of Wahhabism began as a result of Western countries asking Riyadh to help counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the Washington Post.Blowback.
Speaking to the paper, bin Salman said that Saudi Arabia's Western allies urged the country to invest in mosques and madrassas overseas during the Cold War, in an effort to prevent encroachment in Muslim countries by the Soviet Union.
Note: Some may wonder why the link is to RT rather than to the Washington Post where the story appeared. I choose not to link to the Washington Post, the New York Times, or the Wall Street Journal.
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Spread of Wahhabism was done at request of West during Cold War – Saudi crown prince
LK posted up an old you tube from 1980 where Ronald Reagan was advocating to let the Latinos come in so Mexico wouldn’t go commie from all the unemployment...
ReplyDeleteThis is all Cold War policies... same with US army in South Korea....
Wilbur Ross statements at Davos are relevant in that he said it is the Trump admin policy to finally revise these old Cold War policies they are no longer applicable...
I’d say look for US Army out of South Korea...
Except the tRump isn't driving the bus - the MIC / Deep State are in full control. Thus global saber rattling (China), massive foreign arms deals (Saudis), military "aid" (Ukraine), CIA head running State Dept., yuuuge military budget increase, anti-Russia propaganda, censorship, etc., etc., etc.
ReplyDeleteEvery time tRump tries to make "nice" with Putin he's excoriated by the media.
The big military budget is Trumpian in that he is changing the policy away from 25 or 30 years of Special Operations and back to Strategic Systems...
ReplyDeleteOur Strategic Systems need a major tech refresh after decades of neglect and the focus on Special Operations... "counter insurgency!" "nation building!" etc...
Spec Ops imo didnt work as advertised... whole Spec Ops was driven by a "save money!" philosophy ie it was sold within the military as a cheaper option....
Didnt work... end the experiment imo... there is a place for it but it is not a primary one...
Trump doesnt want war with Russia but that doesnt mean he will take any shit from them either...
ReplyDeletePutin is a belligerent asshole by any objective standard... imo probably fetal alcohol syndrome from the drunk vodka fueled Soviet days... he has that blank look about him...
All his Russia is doing is riding the technology provided by the West during the Yeltsin years... it'll eventually retard as all the competent people will emigrate to the West to make more munnie ie brain drain as usual... probably will avoid actual shit hole status but wont get any better till Putin is gone and they get a more normal person in there...
This is the self perpetuating rich. The rich West can drain all the best scientists from some the world helping their companies rich and ahead. The West takes the resources from the third world by installing puppet regimes but also takes their human resources, their best doctors and scientists. This means one country could stay on top forever. Know wonder the US likes capitalism and free markets. But the Chinese are very patriotic and many of their best scientists stay back at home.
DeleteThe Chinese system seems to be outpacing the Western one and the US doesn't like it so they want to take it down. The US thinks it's unfair that the Chinese government can throw money at their economy but it none of the US's fucking business how the Chinese run their economy.
The Chinese seem to be happy with their system and it's increasing their standard of living. But the US system is driving it's people into poverty. US capitalism is 0.0001% capitalism, with a few people owning most of the wealth, almost all of it unearned.
The West is run by psychopath, you know, like Hannible Lecter. They need to be locked up.
DeleteHere's Ross in Davos:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTFovzAJccQ
this is the Trump Doctrine.. ie changing out the old Cold War policies... its time... time for the ROW to put on the big boy pants take off the training wheels...
@Matt: If tRump is "changing out" Cold War policy why is the Cold War ramping up to new heights?
ReplyDeleteSomething about material competence, I'll wager.
"Cold War ramping up to new heights?"
ReplyDeleteOnly in you guy's paranoid minds...