The (Ex) Washington Realist

There was an essay that Octavio Paz wrote about US in which he observed that the Protestant religions in US, which posit a direct relationship & conversation between Man and God, have a lot to do with the US policy & attitude towards Latin America.

He explaiend how the Man-God conversation deafens the North Americans to the dissenting voices of Latin Americans.

The Iranian Ambassdor seems to be alluding to a similar thing in his statements: "The U.S. must come to realize that other countries have interests, have concerns, have anxieties. The U.S. must deal with these anxieties, concerns and interests, and not be concerned with only its own."

Which brings me to the following point: Huntington was correct - we are in a religious war between Protestant Christians (US, UK, Australia) against Sunni Muslims.

This war apparently is at the point of being enlarged - as a matter of conscious choice by US & UK - to include Shia Muslims as well.