It looks obvious

Reports on Hezbullah rooting in southern Turkey should raise an alarm, and not in Turkey alone. Considering Hezbullah as a proxy of Iran might point to Iran expansion and influence building. It is not only a counter maneuver to the American failed attempt in Iraq to isolate Iran and change the Middle-East but as building itself as an actual regional and global power.

Iran’s offers to the US to help calming down the situation in Iraq, in exchange of the American silent agreement to the Iranian nuclear development I assume, will allow the Iranians to deepen its influence in Iraq and in its bordering Syria - which is becoming a client state already. Hezbullah’s attempts to topple the pro western regime in Lebanon and its activities in southern Turkey will protect the northern and western wings of the Iranian influenced crescent.

Such scenario should create a very interesting alliance of Arab countries, Turkey, USA and possibly Russia. Should Israel be part of this alliance? probably not directly but it should do everything to support it - starting with closing the deal with the Palestinians.

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