careful statements...

i don't need to be careful: it's a proxy war between turkey and saudi arabia, both of which are interested in reconstructing their respective empires in the region (the turks due to increasing economic isolation, the saudis due to a kind of ethnic and religious nationalism). it's a conflict that's playing out all over the region: egypt, libya, syria, iraq. america wants to maintain a precarious balance where nobody gets the upper hand in this multi-sided conflict. if isis takes control of the region, it puts the saudis on the path to becoming too much of a local hegemon, so steps are being taken to cut them down a notch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhAS8wLbLLg