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Thoughts on the Middle East in the shadow of the crisis in Eastern Europe

The Middle East, including Israel, will be affected by what is happening in Europe, even if "only" sanctions are imposed on Russia. At some point Israel will have to take sides and if it supports the Americans it is not certain that the Russians' turning a blind eye to what the Syrian Air Force is doing will continue in the same way.

It is true that at the moment Russia is in a position of inferiority, but if it wants to, it can carry out a "retaliatory action" against the Europeans. The Russians have a military presence in Libya and if they want they can create a refugee crisis that will be knocked on the doors of the continent.

The crisis in Europe will have winners and losers. Right now it looks like Ben Salman's "The Beautiful Hour." The Americans need Saudi oil and if they have to, they will "forgive" him, even if temporarily, for the murder of the journalist Kashoogi. 

The same is true of Erdogan whom the Biden administration has ignored but now Turkey as a member of NATO is significantly involved in the anti-Russian effort.

There is a lot of talk about wheat and energy, but Egypt, for example, may suffer an economic blow from another direction. It was expected that this year, for example, Russian tourism to Egypt would yield the country about $3 billion. Will this happen under a sanctions regime on Russia?

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Tony Pettitt 02:50 27.02.2022
He has been portrayed in Bible prophecy that Russia will be part of the armies that will come against Israel in the last days. But at the end of that war those armies will end up being bird food
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