Yes, this is my perspective as well, but for ease of conversation I didn&#x27;t mention it here-- people get very upset.<p>But take it a step further. Who funds Saudi Arabia, and why? Who backs radical Sunnis, and why? Who backs the radical Shia? Geopolitical problems have many causes and symptoms which can grow into entire pathologies in their own right when they get really out of control, as the West&#x27;s idiotic power struggle with Russia in the Middle East has.