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December 11, 2011

Arab Spring Really About Sunni Revenge

Edward Luttwak, Foreign Policy

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It is obvious that the Gulf monarchies of absolute rulers are not in the fight for the sake of a future Syrian democracy. For Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies, the purpose of overthrowing Assad is to break the "Shiite crescent": bringing Damascus under Sunni rule, repudiating its alliance with Iran, and cutting off Hezbollah from its logistic base in Syria, thereby allowing Lebanon's Sunnis to regain power along with their Christian allies.

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TAGGED: Iraq, Hezbollah, Iran, Al Jazeera, Qatar, Bashar al-Assad, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria

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