The conquest of Southwest Asia by Pepe Escobar

It's still a case of "falling dominoes": first Iraq, then Syria and Iran, finally the Palestinians; the end result would be American domination of the whole Middle East, as far as neo-con doctrine goes. There are no doubts in this case on the axis which stands to profit: the fundamentalist Christian right, the powerful Jewish-American lobby and most of all the industrial-military complex. This "new", Greater Middle East would represent, in their worldview, the supreme victory of Judeo-Christianity over Islam. More than ever the "clash of civilizations" fallacy seems to be alive and kicking.