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Financial Times Commentary
Fariborz S. Fatemi December 14, 2015Dennis Ross is right in hiscontention that only Sunni Moslems can discredit and defeat Daesh (ISIS). Thenhe veers to suggest solutions that would only deepen the catastrophe that hasignited the Middle East. It is the money, fighters and support from SaudiArabia, Gulf States and Turkey that has and is fueling the growth and strengthof Daesh. These are all Sunni states with their own nefarious reasons andagendas. Foreign fighters pour across the Turkish border unimpeded to joinDaesh. The Saudis do nothing to stop the spread of their virulent bastardizedversion of Islam (Wahhabism and Salafism) in their perceived war against Shias.Kurdistan President Barzani’s chief of staff Foud Hussein, recently said salariesfor over 100,000 Daesh fighters, foreign and indigenous, are coming from theGulf States.If the Western powers want to stop Daesh, they must get real. Theirleverage is their power and influence over these allies to get them to stopdoing what they are doing. Once that is done, Daesh can be dealt with and thendiplomacy can work its will to bring about a cease fire in Syria.