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[–] Saleh@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The US and its NATO allies do not want peace in the West Asia region. They want perpetual destabilization and war, to prevent the reformation of an united Arab bloc, that could throw around its geopolitical weight. That is why Biden said if there was no Israel, the US would need to create one. It is the thorn driven into the region to make sure that the divisive partioning of the Arab national states keeps fueling conflict. The way the Brits and French carved up the region was done to deliberately create nations with inner conflicts, easily exploitable.

The way the Brits and French carved up the region was done to deliberately create nations with inner conflicts, easily exploitable.

That was true of US and western foreign policy more generally in the past. The idea being that if the Middle East is divided they wouldn't be a threat to Europe and the rest of the world.

Things are somewhat different now. The US wants to have its cake and eat it too. The current Biden administration realize if the Middle East is destabilized for too long someone like ISIS will takeover and be a problem for everyone. That's why they are trying to get Israel and Saudi Arabia to agree to a defense pact. The US is fine with a united Middle East, because from an economic perspective, these foreign wars are bad for business. The US wants what amounts to a second NATO to keep things running smoothly.

My point is that a united Middle East is a useful arrangement for the region and world regardless if the US or any other foreign power has a stake in it. In fact, better if it doesn't. An independent Middle East can interface with the rest of the world militarily and economically as a block. This will ensure mutual defense as well as economic protections for workers for the people living in the region. Without any pressure to take part in exploitive, debt saddling, deals like China's Belt and Road initiative or expansionist wars like Russia's war in Ukraine.

If the Middle East unites around ideas like self-determination for member countries, then they will be no more of a threatening superpower than Europe is now. And they will be able to stop the ambitions of hostile nations like Russia and Israel.

[–] etuomaala@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Citation needed on the Biden quotation so, so hard.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] etuomaala@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, fair enough. You can maybe see why I was sceptical though. The source even says the statements are surprising lol.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

They aren't surprising, if you followed the politics of Biden longer, or you looked into his stance on Israel. Biden is a die-hard Zionist, that fully supports the land stealing and annihilation of the Palestinians. It is only because of minorities in the US, who used to be a main target audience for the Democrats got worried, the US will pull the same shit again. So they had to pretend to disagree with it. Netanyahu knows that he could make Biden his little b**** servant and knew him pushing Biden around would help Netanyahu internally in Israel. This way the fascists got their delusions of grandeur fed further. So Biden got a bit pissed, that he was publicly humiliated time and time again, but because of his die-hard convictions and his advanced dementia he continued to give Netanyahu everything he wants and continued to get himself humiliated publicly.

Problem is that now that the minorities in the US know that the Democrats are spineless with no regard for their well being and safety, the Democrats will probably fully abandon them and embrace their latent white supremacy fully again.