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Escobar writes a column for the Asia Times, and works as an analyst for RT and PressTV. He has spent many years tracking the movements of Islamic militant groups, particularly in central Asia. He coined the term 'pipelineistan' to describe the deadly resource wars occurring across the great landmass of Eurasia, and is one of the foremost experts on the geopolitics of 'the New Great Game'.
In this interview, Escobar discusses the epic intelligence failure surrounding the attacks in Paris, the two-way flow of jihadists from Europe to Syria, and the prospects for NATO-Russian cooperation in routing ISIS/Daesh from Syria and the Middle East.
As Escobar explains, it's all well and good for French President Hollande to call for a 'grand coalition' between NATO and Russia against the Islamic State, but the Turkish regime - for one - is very unlikely to let anybody go after the terrorists it helped create...
Wow! Thank you so much for that great interview. Pepe is amazing.
At the end, he mentions that ultimately what needs addressing is Saudi Arabia because that is the source of the Wahhabists — which is the source of all these head-chopping psychopaths. And that is precisely what I’ve been thinking myself for a very long time.
Interesting that today I read another SOTT article which states:
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“An overwhelming majority of people in Saudi Arabia detest the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, a recent opinion poll shows.”
Also stated in that same article is that . . .
“Takfirism is largely influenced by Wahhabism, the radical ideology dominating Saudi Arabia and freely preached by Saudi clerics.”
Questions: So Wahhabism itself isn’t specifically or necessarily preaching a doctrine of terrorism? But some Wahhabism believers (or clerics) are so fired up by this doctrine that they want to convert the world?
Oddly, this makes me think about the many stories of Christian missionaries and churches who also put to the sword (or the stake) unbelievers, infidels and heretics. Sort of scary to think of possible similarities, yes? Ouch.