Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are indeed strange bedfellows. What it boils down to is real politik.
The U.S. and the British Empire allied with the hated USSR in order to defeat Nazi Germany. When the war was over the U.S. poured millions of dollars into Germany and Japan to keep the USSR in check. As Lord Palmerston famously said: "Nations have no permanent friends or allies, only permanent interests."
The Western democracies will support any regime, no matter how hateful it may be, if it opposes the ISIS fanatics.
William Bedford
CFP “Poet in Residence” William Bedford was born in Dublin, Ireland, but has lived in Toronto for most of his life. His poems and articles have been published in many Canadian journals and in some American publications.
