Your world at risk. How the impossible becomes the inevitable.
By Barry Rubin*
January 19, 2010
http://www.gloria-center.org/Gloria/2010/01/resistance-strategy
Have you heard from any of the Western mass media about the Resistance strategy of Middle East radicals? I’m sure you haven’t. Yet without understanding this powerful and widely accepted worldview how could anyone possibly comprehend events in the region?
“Resistance” is the slogan used by Syria, Hamas, and Hizballah especially but [...]
Iran’s nuclear threat to regional security has replaced Israel as the Arab world’s public enemy number one for the Arab world, according to an Arab survey commissioned by the Doha Debates group.
A majority of respondents from 18 Arab countries said Iran is a bigger threat than Israel, and nearly a third think that Tehran is [...]
The containment argument runs along Cold War lines: The price of breakout is too high; the regime cares only about power, not about using weapons; containment will be simple because the Arabs are so scared of Iran they’ll do anything to help us; President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn’t have his finger on the button. In fact, [...]
Iran seeks to hasten the arrival of the Mahdi, so who is the Mahdi?
According to the Shia and Sunni versions of the Islamic eschatology the Mahdi (“Guided One”) is the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will rule alongside Jesus for seven years before the coming of the resurrection. Muslims believe the Mahdi will rid the [...]
The atmosphere in Cairo this week tells us much about the contemporary Arab world’s view of the Palestine cause in relation to domestic issues in every Arab country. Ordinary Arabs and their governments alike seem fed up with the incompetence of the Palestinian leadership, while remaining strongly committed emotionally to the justice and rights of [...]
Palestinian Authority strongman Mohammed Dahlan, a member of Fatah’s Central Committee, warned a third intifada (civil uprising) could erupt and said Palestinians will not stand by idly. Dahlan said the Israeli government was responsible for the violence, the Palestinian Maan news agency reported.
Temple Mount clashes anger Arabs – UPI.com
As the West raises the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, Arab governments, especially the small, oil-rich nations in the Persian Gulf, are growing increasingly anxious. But they are concerned not only with the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran but also with the more immediate threat that Iran will destabilize the region if the [...]
In other words, Iran is a win/win/win deal for a Russian dictatorship, always was and probably will be. We wonder why is Putin causing trouble, or why did Bush offend him? The only proper question is why not cause trouble without much risk if you’re an ex-KGB thug?
Trouble means lucrative trade, with rogue oil states [...]
The Saudi regime does not want to have a strong army. It might one day topple the regime. The Saudi clan depends entirely on the Americans in case it is threatened by an external enemy. In other words, it is the West that is keeping the Saudi regime in power.
In fact, all the Arab [...]
This is an excellent example showing that the United States is held responsible for the actions of Israel.
Should the Middle East ever spiral out of control with the use of nuclear weapons by Israel, then the United States will be blamed. It is irrelevant if they are only used for self-defense.
From the article:
“Many, probably most, [...]
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