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An interesting comment and speculation from a reader of Moon of Alabama regarding the longer term plan (if there is one) of the US/Western players in the Middle East:
“What I find is totally missing from the analysis of the recent history of the Middle East is one possible covert reason the West ventured into Iraq.

In the laundry list of reasons as to why we should invade Iraq, one had to do with bringing democracy.

If we take that excuse at face value however and considering that the West has traditionally been allied with the Sunni regimes of the region during the second half of this century, that would mean nobody stopped to do the math.

I find that highly unlikely.

Iraq has always had a Shia’a majority.

Upon invading the country, not only did we promptly dismantle the entire security and administrative apparatus but we also removed all administrative documents which, if memory serves, were taken to Washington DC

In my opinion, this was a deliberate attempt at allowing the majority to take over violently.

If indeed that was a deliberate move, it follows that the West knew that all surrounding Sunni regimes would not simply sit idly by as new neighbors make their way in what they consider as their own backyard.

From where I am standing, I can only presume that at some point in the past 15 years there has been a deliberate attempt at giving Iran, and therefore the Shia’a variety of belief, the upper hand in the region.

Any thoughts?

Posted by: guidoamm | Jul 25, 2017 11:39:20 PM | 27”

Original posting here: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/07/open-thread-2017-30.html#c6a00d8341c640e53ef01bb09b29c7b970d