Don't you love Sy Hersh? I do. This man can take on the brainless yet ruthless U.S. administration, the ambitious, nutty Olmert, and Bandar Bush and his clan of "Defenders of the Faith" (the oil faith that is) and still crack a smile every now and then.
Then there are the newly emergent phrases such as “Sunnis against Shi’as” and “The tide of Shi’ism in the Middle East," phrases repeated by people who know nothing about either.
The Neo-Conservative ruling cabal has a knack for logic too: "you're either with us, or you are Muslim." According to the Neo-Cons, all Muslims are the enemy and the only good Muslim is a Muslim engaged in permanent conflict with another Muslim. And then it gets more twisted.
We have supported Sunnis to fight the Soviets and Iran. After the Iraq invasion of 2003, we installed a Shi’ite government in Baghdad to rid the country of the Ba’th regime and to minimize Al-Qa’ida’s influence. Now we are illegally arming Sunni extremists (Salafis) in Lebanon in the hope that they would engage in a war of attrition with Hizbollah. The constant shifting of alliances to correct errors and unplanned consequences of shallow and racist policies are compromising all the nations in the Middle East and, ultimately, the world.
Who in reality is creating the sectarian tensions in the Middle East? It seems that the “Divide and Conquer” rule still holds as true as ever. But those who do not learn from history will repeat it. I wonder which group will emerge in the future to fight off another imperial invasion of its country. The lessons of the Taliban, Hizbollah, Al-Qa’ida, Al-Mujahideen, and Khomeini, have been lost on this Zionist and bankrupt administration, which has initiated a fragmentation in the Middle East whose dire global repercussions are yet to be measured. But Sy Hersh may have a glimpse into it.
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