Great Middle East is mostly a political term rather than geographical. The countries in the mentioned term is beginning from Morrocco in the West and till Pakistan in the East also consisting the countries like Turkey, Israel, Iran, Jordan...The map was originally prepared by Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters. As mentioned in the journals it is also considered as a plan to redraw the middle east map. In the mentioned map actually many Middle East countries like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan were shown divided. This "project" seems like the plan for division and pacification of the region. Secondly a founding a route to Central Asia in order to prevent a future Russian expansion in the area. Thirdly and most importantly the region mentioned in the map hold most of the global energy sources and trade routes at one hand and any power which may be able to obtain authority in this region become absolute dominant party in global affairs. The above mentioned area was also considered to be the "Eurasian Balkans" which means obtaining too much ethnics and ready to live civil wars and uprisings. The "map" for some scholars is to identify the possible peaceful living areas without a problem.
Another great power already drew the map to suit it's needs. Stop the Russians and Control the oil supply. That great power was the British Empire. So if you want to control the middle east you need to be the British Empire of 100 years ago. Otherwise no amount of outside "help" will solve their problems. Basically the map of the world was created by the British Empire, it would take massive US expansionism to have any effect on it at all. Instead the US has been I think smart and used allies to counter it's enemies in the region supported by the USN and USMC.
Lt Colonel Peters had some fantasies... which are basically ridiculous... but they help to sell the novels he writes now. This is one of them.
Author doesn't know about Hatay province !!!! I love the Free Baluchistan , why not jumping into a bit older geographical entities like Khorasan , La Bela or the Timurid empire ? LOL
Peters is a pro-Israel, hard right, manic neocon... and absolutely full of himself. I think he's fun to watch.
