Shia-Sunni fault line of the Arab World

THE BLASTS IN IRAN ARE THE CAUSE FOR SERIOUS CONCERN. WE SEEM TO BE ON A BRINK OF SHIA-SUNNI FAULT LINE WAR. FIRST DONALD TRUMP VISITED SAUDI ARABIA AND ADDRESSED LEADERS OF SOME 35 SUNNI COUNTRIES. Micheal D Andrea, the CIAs top covert action expert has been put in charge of covert ops against Iran. He was the man who led the Osama hunt. Pakistan has once again offered itself as a base for covert ops against Iran. Gen R. Sharief is supposed to lead the second Karbala war to exterminate the Shias. I don't think they will find the going so easy. There is  a lot than Iran can do to retaliate. Could we think in terms of aggrieved democracies around Pak to include India, Iran, Afghanistan hitting back jointly, or will we be more concerned with promoting American interests at the cost of lives of our own people?

A couple of days ago Iran allotted two oil blocks (which were to be given to India) to some Russian company, due to delay in finalising the deal stuck since 2008. The pace of work on Chahbar port project is also not pleasing Iran. Can we afford to loose a Strategically  Important ally like Iran?

The course Trump is on is a cause of serious concern. So much about all talk of ending global terrorism. 

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