Saudi Arabia Moves To Take Down Syria, Iran And Hezbollah -- Bruce Riedel, National Interest
After months of protests and regime violence, King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia, one of the last absolute monarchs in the world, has called on Syria’s embattled president, Bashar al-Assad, to stop the “killing machine” repressing his own people and accept at least some of the demands of Syrians calling for an end to Assad’s decade old dictatorship. The king backed up his statement by recalling Saudi Arabia’s ambassador from Damascus, and its clients Bahrain and Kuwait quickly followed Riyadh’s lead.
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My Comment: This conflict is all about the Sunni-Shia conflict within Islam. And if Syria's Assad is taken down, both Hezbollah and Iran would now only lose a crucial ally in the region, but it would also embolden anti-Hezbollah forces in Lebanon to undercut their power and influence.