re: Question RE: ISIS

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The main Sunni powers are Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE, Dubai, Quatar, ect. Basically, your Arab states.

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Not completely inaccurate.

Of course, the Turks are Sunni as well (as are the Albanians, relatively solid U.S. allies, particularly in Kosovo).

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The main Shiite run countries are Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

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WTF? You would have been a helluva lot better off if you'd said, "The main Sh'ia power is Iran, and they have influence in many areas."

Pakistan? Sunni. Afghanistan? Sunni. Syria? Majority Sunni with a secular, Ba'athist government. Iraq - a majority Sh'ia population, with an ostensibly multi-ethnic government - however, strongly influenced by Iran - so fair enough to include them.

Much of the conflict is ethnic versus religious (and religion is sometimes a proxy for ethnicity, thus complicating things further). The Turks DGAF about your brand of Islam, particularly if you're a Kurd and vice versa - there is and old world, almost prehistoric hate between those groups.