File talk:Axis of resistance map.png

Huh?

What do the colours mean and what is the source for this map? I am not aware of any security treaty that unites all of the countries that are shown here. Esn (talk) 18:31, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

@Esn: Agreed. As far as I know, this map doesn't reflect anything definitive and needs to be properly sourced. – BAKURA (talk) 20:00, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Plus I'm pretty sure the creator mixed up the locations of Venezuela and Colombia (the latter is not in any way a part of any anti-US "Axis of Resistance", while the former might portray itself as such). Esn (talk) 08:57, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

This map should simply color the territories that are meant when prominent figures (such as Hassan Nasrallah) use the term "Axis of Resistance", which seems to be Iran plus territories controlled by Hezbollah in Lebanon and Assad in Syria, and maybe "a cross-section of Palestinian and Iraqi groups" (so, the Iraqi government and Shiite militias; I'm not so sure about which Palestinians are meant...). My guess about the intent of the current image is that "red" represents the informal global anti-US coalition (including the more prominent members of CSTO, SCO, BRICS, ALBA), "light red" represents unrecognized states that are part of that coalition, and "purple" represents countries that are on the fence or where there's active conflict between the two camps. This seems to be based on the creator's personal impressions from reading news, rather than anything concrete. He/she made a number of obvious mistakes, too, alongside coloring Colombia instead of Venezuela: Estonia should be in the pro-US camp, Ecuador and Bolivia should not, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, certainly not (part of CSTO). The current image would be suitable for a personal blog, but it is probably original research. Esn (talk) 09:22, 19 June 2015 (UTC)