This is the kind of analysis we would expect were it any other than a middle eastern country being affected.  We too easily fall for the "they're religious nutbars" type of non analysis.  

Qatar is moderate in that region, given their support of Al Jazeera - pretty much a liberal nation. Exactly the wrong sort to sideline with a charge of terrorism and exactly the kind of dangerous foreign policy, at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Israel, that you would expect from a pompous & childish Trump White House.

If the adults aren't soon returned to power, our current war and refugee crisis will seem like the good old days.

Thanks for the article.