The Middle East quandary
The Middle East quandary
While Iran and Turkey pursue two conflicting long-term imperialist visions, they are collaborating on the joint short-term goal of toppling every pro-U.S. Arab regime.
(April 4, 2021 / JNS) In 2021, Iran’s ayatollahs and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan—two religion-driven imperialistic regimes—pose the main existential threat to the (relatively) moderate Arab regimes. They incite domestic conflicts and violence and leverage the inherent intra-Arab fragmentation to preclude the formation of an effective united Arab front.
In 2021, the Shi’ite ayatollahs and Sunni Erdoğan—with the financial backing of Qatar—support the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood, militarily and financially. The Brotherhood is the largest Islamic terrorist organization in the world, and its goal is toppling all Arab regimes (e.g., Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain)—using political and terrorist tools—as a step toward establishing a universal pan-Islamic society, which would overpower the West.