The Arabian Peninsula

[Leonardo17]

The terms they use for these kingdoms and emirates in the Arabian Peninsula are petro-monarchies in some languages.
 
These are seen by some people as “The good guys” of the Muslim world. They have been steady allies of the French and the British and have had mostly friendly relationships with the US and its allies in the region like Israel.
 
But these are not angels either. They too affected with this sickness of doing politics according to some interpretation of religious scriptures. They deeply dislike things like secularism, the rule of law and democracy. It’s not in the DNA of these countries. So now they are teaming up and trying to dissuade D. Trump from hitting the IRI. They are doing this because:
 

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1) Their world view are very similar to the Mullah’s. Their difference are superficial so their enmity is also superficial. The main goal here is to avoid the spreading of things like Nationalism, right to self-determination, gender equality etc. because they have a lot to lose if that happens.
 
2) They are rivals of Iran (meaning the nation of Iran not this IRI thing). Right now they are the “strong” nation in the region with good economic ties with the US and Israel. They don’t have to compete with a steadily modernizing and gradually strengthening Iran which would challenge them in many areas and perhaps expand its influence in the region.
 
These are basically tribal societies. They have some ruling elite (like in Pakistan) who are very westernized and cultivated etc. But the policies they are carrying out tells us how childish these rulers are, promoting some useless and childish projects like the spreading of Islam in Africa and in places like south-east Asia.
 
Thanks to those guys Islam has become some sort of soft-power that aspires to become something like the different Christian Churches had been until the renaissance.
 
/ So these are the guys who have advised D. Trump against striking Iran. The truth is: They don’t want to change the regime in Iran. In fact, I believe that it was probably them who supported the Mullahs against the Shah in the 1970’s.
 
Bottom line is: That’s not what we do. I see religion as a method that helps us create and maintain a relationship with some higher / spiritual aspects of ourselves. In doing this we can take advantage of some group energy (If such a thing is available where we live). We can also have teachers; people who can lure us toward the right direction. Otherwise the process of spiritual growth is a very individual issue. In A Course in Miracles it says that everyone on this world is subjected to a highly individualized curriculum.
 
The only politics in this could be that true spirituality usually supports us in taking a stand against injustice or attempts to subdue us (or other humans) through brute force or intimidation.
 
So while the IRI is in a stance that is very far from the spirituality that I am describing, Arab Nations as a whole are not quite there either. So as I respect the social choices they have made for themselves, I also know that (for instance) they completely hate the right of self determination of women in more secular Muslim Nations (like Turkey or Iran) and have very negative approaches toward us because of that. + I suspect them of supporting political islamists movements here and all around the world because they simply know that the best way forward for all of us is Islam (or what they define as Islam).
 
Therefore, not attacking a murderous regime because of what they said is not an intelligent course of action. If they have voiced their concern and told D. Trump what’s the best course of action then it is probably time the thank them for their sincerity and continue on the logical path of action with a regime they massacred 30,000 people in just two days.
 
In the Tiananmen Massacre of 1989 the number of victims was around 2000-3000
 
In the Prague uprising of 1968 there were 100 deaths and 500 injured.
 
During Tsar Nicholas “Bloody Sunday” massacre of 1905 there were 100 dead and 500 injured.
 
/ If we are looking for parallels in this century and the century before that’s the BAAS Regime of Syria, Kaddafi’s regime in Libya and Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq.
 
And again: The group of nations I am talking about are the N-1 sponsors of these.
 

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1) Because they don’t believe in self-determination
 
2) Because they don’t want “strong” neighbors. They believe in weak neighbors who will not challenge them in any area.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Countries don’t have friends. They have interests.

Boru