From the first sudden, and quite dramatic, appearance of the
fanatical Islamic group known as ISIS which was largely unheard of until
a year ago, on the world's stage and which promptly replaced the worn
out and tired al Qaeda as the world's terrorist bogeyman, we suggested
that the "
straight to beheading YouTube clip" purpose behind the
Saudi Arabia-funded Islamic State was
a simple one: use the Jihadists as the vehicle of choice to achieve a
political goal: depose of Syria's president Assad, who for years has
stood in the way of a
critical Qatari natural gas pipeline,
one which could dethrone Russia as Europe's dominant - and belligerent -
source of energy, reaching an interim climax with the unsuccessful
Mediterranean Sea military build up of 2013, which nearly resulted in
quasi-world war.
The narrative and the plotline were so transparent, even Russia saw right through them.
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