The dance of 7 veils

The war in the Middle East is easily understood.

USA needs to separate the terrorist ( Al Qaeda ) from the Arabs.
USA needs to separate the terrorist ( AQ ) from the Persians.
To separate the terrorists ( AQ ) from the Sunnis.
To separate the terrorists ( AQ ) from the Shittes.

That is the target of USA, al Qaeda, the Arab, Persian, Sunni, Shitte problem is NOT that of USA.

The problem lies with the Insurgents, Arabs, Sunnis, vs the Persians Shittes and the fight for the control of Iraq.

Arabs, SA, Jordan, Turkey, Afghan, al Qaeda and the Taliban and all Sunni.
VS
Persians, Iran, Iraq ( the ruling democracy elected a Shitte Government ) and all Shitte.

And in the CENTER of all these countries lies IRAQ, look at a map.

And everyone wants USA to stay.
The Arabs and Persians want USA to keep a cover on this boiling pot while they develop a support base in Iraq.
The Sunni want USA to stay to stop the Shitte Government from wiping them out.
And the Shitte want USA to stay to keep the Arabs out.
And the Ummah wants USA to stay cause they know when USA leaves it will be open warfare.

This is of course over simplified but the general paradigm applies.

Gerald