Middle East Tensions - Update

Guardian: Reports " Bahrain, Sudan and UAE follow Saudis in diplomatic action against Iran...Bahrain tells Iranian diplomats to leave within 48 hours and Sudan says it has severed ties in row over execution of Shia cleric "

Lets Get Real:

As stated the Oval Office and Downing Street will be looking for calm, the last thing that the Middle East needs right now is a war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, this it might need the US Secretary of State, John Kerry to visit both States and calm their nerves and get them to keep only shouting at each other, if Kerry can not do it, what about for former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, might well think of all the choices, with Syria in fire the World does not need another Crisis point.    The only winners are Daesh in Syria and Iraq should there be a regional war. 

The Background to the Saudi Arabia and Iran tensions - Middle East

BBC News: Reports on the background of the tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the article notes the following, " Iran and Saudi Arabia are on opposing sides of a more than 1,000-year old argument at the heart of Islam - between Sunnis and Shia.

After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, his followers split over who was his rightful heir.

It is important not to overstate the division. Sunnis and Shia share fundamental beliefs, and have co-existed for centuries - the animosity between Iran and Saudi Arabia is better understood in terms of a power struggle in the Middle East and beyond. "

Lets Get Real:

It does seem from a secular view dopey to have such an argument go on for one thousand years, but then if you look at the decline of religion in the West and the harmful aspects that has produced in different areas, single parent families, poverty, etc, some old fashioned religion might be good for Western values.   The power of Saudi Arabia and Iran to cause economic problems has gone down since the 1970s, the West has produced its own oil, the UK has the North Sea.  That is not say a major war between the two powers would not cause problems, the oil from the Gulf could be cut, thus more a problem for the EU than the UK.   One expects the US will try to calm the tensions in the area, after the nuclear deal the OVAL does not want a regional war. 

Donald Trump takes to the airways - Election 2016

BBC News: Reports " Donald Trump is taking to the television airwaves, and his first advert prominently features his controversial call for temporarily halting the entry of all Muslim into the US and a border wall "paid for by Mexico". "

Lets Get Real:

Thus the Donald gets free media with the BBC running his advert, one has to say that Mr Trump does not miss a trick, he would have been aware that its contents would appal the left wing media, and the BBC is one of the main pillars of the left wing media in the West.   The Mr Trump doubles down his extreme right wing policies, the banning of muslims, getting Mexico to pay for a wall on the border. One can assume that the other candidates would have given their left arms to have the TV review that Trump gets, lets hope ANY other candidate can taken down the Donald, or will we have to start calling him Mr President, that is a nightmare for the ages.