Former NATO Commander Warns of Wider War in Middle East
01.20.2014 at 09:41pm
Former NATO Commander Warns of Wider War in Middle East by Slobodan Lekic, Stars and Stripes
NATO’s former top military commander has warned that the widening sectarian conflict in Syria and Iraq could engulf a broader region in the Middle East, just as the religious wars in Europe did in the 16th and 17th centuries.
James Stavridis, who served as the alliance’s supreme commander until last year, said that although Syria and Iraq are the flashpoints of the conflict at the moment, Lebanon and other nearby nations could easily be sucked into a war. He said the conflicts present a direct security threat to Europe as well…
