While the Arabian rulers in West Asia are incapable of defending themselves, their reliance on the US and zionist Israel has also proved illusionary. Three countries—Islamic Iran, Pakistan and Turkiye—and potentially Egypt can create stability in the region.
The death of the former Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani would be a non-event except that he launched his tiny sheikhdom on the path of total subservience to the US and zionist Israel. Qatar continues to punch way above its weight and could result in serious negative consequences.
August coincides with several anniversaries in Pakistan’s tortuous history. From its fraudulent independence in 1947, to India’s abrogation of Kashmir’s autonomous status to Pakistan’s thuggish generals arresting the country’s most popular leader, Imran Khan. It is a sorry record.
Why does every Pakistan wish to flee the country? The criminals and thieves that rule the country are suffocating the people. Life has become extremely precarious for an average person. Fleeing the country seems to be the only option for survival. Pity the country.
A prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz will bring down the US colossus. Disruption in energy supplies will have a global impact that western economies are incapable of addressing.
Long before the Strait of Hormuz became a contested waterway and America’s illegal intrusion, the narrow waterway was coveted by empires. It is important to know its history and why it matters.
Attacks on oil tankers and vessels in the Strait of Hormuz can be traced to the “tanker war” between 1981-1988. The western-Arabian-Communist-backed Iraqi-imposed war on Islamic Iran was in full swing. The US wanted to cripple Iran’s economy by attacking its oil tankers.
Islamic Iran has the longest coastline along the Strait of Hormuz. The US lies thousands of miles away yet it wants to control it. Under what law do the American warlords make such a claim, apart from gangsterism and sheer greed? They will not succeed; they must not succeed.
Zionist Israel continues its policy of genocide and starvation of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. These crimes are compunded by the zionists’ sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners held in their dungeons.
Article 1 of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the US and Iran stipulates that a ceasefire will go into effect on all fronts, including Lebanon. The zionist war criminals continue to violate this provision with impunity. The US appears unwilling or unable to stop the zionists.
Zionist insistence on maintaining control of parts of South Lebanon as a “security zone” is a trap that will create perpetual insecuirty for them. Further, the occupation legitimizes Hizbullah existence as a resistance force defending Lebanon’s independence.
All of Iran’s neighbours to the west of the Persian Gulf have maintained US military bases from where attacks on Iran have been launched. While the Arab regimes’ policies are not uniform, some appear more hostile than others.
It is mindboggling that the illegitimate Pakistani regime installed in power by the thuggish generals should not only attack and kill the Kashmiris residing in Azad (‘Free’) Kashmir but also block food and medicines following the zionist playbook in Gaza.
The vast majority of Muslims—Sunnis and Shi‘is—support the Islamic Republic of Iran but not ideologically. Their support is based on issues: Islamic Iran’s call for Muslim unity or its support for the Palestinian resistance movement. Muslims need to mak the ideological leap.
The US has fallen into the Vietnam Trap by misreading Iran’s resilience. Tehran is prepared to pay a huge price because capitulation would mean the end of the Islamic government. The US, a materialistic society cannot do so, hence it cannot win.
The UAE ruler, Muhammad bin Zayed is punching way above his weight. His tight embrace of the zionist entity has created fissures in the artificial entity called the United Arab Emirates. It is no longer united but is deeply divided and may disintegrate under the weight of MbZ policies.
The Sisi regime is pressing Al Azhar university to throw its weight behind the Arabian regimes, especially the UAE and against Islamic Iran. Al Azhar stands at a crossroads and can reclaim its past glory of independent scholarship by remaining faithful to Islamic principles.
There is a curious phenomenon that Bani Saud have monetized Hajj, an important Islamic obligation, while complaining about Islamic Iran’s monetization ofthe Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway, for the benefit of the Ummah.
Through technological indigenization, intricate networks across Lebanon and Gaza through local allies, and economic chokepoints, the Islamic Republic of Iran has collectively redefined the cost-benefit analysis of modern war in West Asia.
There are differences between Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Their approach to political, economic and strategic issues manifest themselves at the practical level. The Saudis use their position in the OIC to project power; the Emiratis want to claim stability to attract finance.
