To me and what I understand, a leader of any middle eastern nation, with Islam as its base religion is walking not a tight rope but a razor’s edge. It’s not like the United States where the Methodists and the Baptist’s are diametrically opposed to doctrines, but co-exist, in friendship and cooperation. (At least the former Methodists, don’t know about this new, California driven Methodist leadership).
In those nations, the different factions of Islam do not only NOT coexist, they hate each other to the point of total war against each other. If not held in check. To hold those factions in check requires a government that is a very rigid, often unitilizing cruel methodologies to keep them from killing each other and any other’s that might not totally buy into their ideas of Islam.
We don’t like theses leaders and don’t subscribe to their methods, but it appears according to proven history that this is what it takes to keep these peoples who live in BADLY DRAWN National boundaries in check. (Thank you European empire builders).
hil clinton totally destabilized the Middle East by actively working to dispose of fairly stable, sorta allies of the United States, that allowed certain really crazy factions to gain strength such as Al Quida. These radical Islamic groups supported by oil wealth of the supposedly peaceful Islamic nations have begun to run rampant.
In the future, such nations formerly considered extreme such as Iran, might be the only nations capable of holding back the radicalization of the future of the Middle East and possibly the entire planet.
These are my thoughts, my opinions from what i have observed. They may not be correct, but it’s what i believe is happening. Being an old codger, who has seen a lot and experienced a lot, I hope to live long enough to see I’m wrong.
(And the peoples of the planet regain their senses).
As a final caveat, If you think I’m an idiot, and feel compelled to call me that, you won’t be the first, If you think I may be right or partially right, you won’t be the first either. That’s what makes the Baptist’s and the old time Methodists and most of the rest of us that live between Canada and Mexico so special, We can disagree without killing each other.