The Guardian: There is nothing new under the sun in the Middle East, where almost everything we associate with civilization was first invented: writing, cities, agriculture, astronomy and libraries, for instance. So for anyone with knowledge of Middle Eastern history, the news that the United States is planning “an Arab Nato” seemed like déjà vu.
Back in the 1950’s, at the height of the cold war, the US was busy putting together a similar alliance system, the Baghdad Pact, also known as Cento. But just as that alliance was meant to group together several countries of the region not only against the Soviet Union but also against Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser, the fine print reveals that there is a specific local focus to this alliance. According to one report, this is not meant to be a general Arab alliance, but rather a “unified Sunni coalition of countries” intended to counter Iran.
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Such a plan is music to the ears of the absolute Sunni monarchies of the Gulf, to the arms producers who will sell them hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of advanced weapon systems (in spite of their striking incapacity to use effectively the arms they already have), and to Israel, which would like nothing more than to distract them and the rest of the world from its atrocities in Palestine by playing on their fears of Iran.
Leaving aside the enormous difference between the power and reach of the Soviet Union in the Middle East at the height of cold war and that of Iran today, this cunning plan misses a number of important facts >>>
The alliance of the two most despicable regime of Sunnis dictators and the apartheid Zionist out to be of great concern to anyone that cherishes peace and human rights.
Thanks to Mr. Edward Snowden, my rights to privacy has been partially restored and this e-mail might not be illegally collected or read by our Government until the politicians try to find a way to take it away again.
Reject occupation, If the bar code starts with 7 29 put it back on the shelf
“The time is always right to do what is right” – Martin Luther King
David needs to seriously relax here.
America and Trump want the best for Americans and the rest of the world, and that is all that there is to it.
I would believe some of this stuff, if it came from somebody with little more credibility than Haj david Joon shariatmadari al_Landanistani!!!
David Shariatmadari’s links with Iranian regime and the Guardian’s credibility gap