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in response to reader comment: updated questions, Blinken "cannot support two allies at once"

Submitted by Robert (United States), Jan 8, 2023 at 16:37

At least your reader David needs to take a closer look at the history of Pan-Arabism, particularly during Nasser's "reign" as the beloved leader of the Arab world; during this period, from 1958 to 1971 Syria were (politically) united as a single sovereign Arab state known as the United Arab Republic. That union fell apart 4 years after the defeat by Israel known as the Six Day War.

By the time of the Arab Spring, Syria emerged as a Shia dominated state closer to Iran than to Sunni and Coptic Egypt. And just as Syria was about to fall apart again, but to the Sunni majority, Russia stepped in together with Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah.

The point I'm now making, in the context of Pan-Arabism and Muslim struggles, a new, non-Muslim power, Orthodox Christian Russia under Putin is now in the Middle East on the border of Jewish Israel. That makes, Strategically, Israel not alone as a non-Muslim force in the region. This must have strong political, ideological, and religious consequences which makes Israel less of a "foreign" intruder. It is for this reason not in Israel's best interests to make Russia Israel's enemy. There is no way that Ukraine can contribute to Israel's interests the way Russia can. In fact, many of Israel's Jewish citizens (over a million) are former Russian citizens, and it is known that this fact is very attractive to Putin. I wonder how many Russian Oligarchs have take refuge in Israel? Especially, under Biden's Democratic administration, with it's fantasy of a two-state solution any time soon, and America's non-orthodox Jews supporting mostly the Democratic administration, Israel has much more to gain by keeping a door open to Russia, just as many other "neutral" countries in the world are doing.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1Charlie Hebdo of France vs. the Iran's Ayatollah [213 words]RobertJan 12, 2023 10:26290922
updated questions, Blinken "cannot support two allies at once" [856 words]DavidDec 27, 2022 21:43290283
United Arab Republic (1958-1971) [294 words]RobertJan 8, 2023 16:37290283
(Re Nasser etc.) Islamic themes throughout Arab nationalists [29 words]NirJan 11, 2023 03:46290283
Not to be fogotten - Muhammad was an Arab [71 words]RobertJan 11, 2023 14:25290283
The conflict was always the combined bigotry: Ethnic Arab racism and Islamist intolerance [63 words]NirJan 12, 2023 03:53290283
Non-Arab Muslim Ottoman Empire [188 words]RobertJan 12, 2023 13:21290283
Comment #1 re Ottomans [19 words]NirJan 12, 2023 18:37290283
2Muslims must understand that no land is inherently Islamic [92 words]PrashantJan 12, 2023 22:50290283
1Let us accelerate Islam's collapse under the weight of its own contradiction. [480 words]PrashantJan 14, 2023 23:05290283
Russia and Iran vs. Israel (and Ukraine)? [400 words]DavidDec 22, 2022 19:27290005
160 Years to removal of Ahmad Shukeiri from the UN post after endorsing Neo-Nazis [1299 words]NirDec 22, 2022 12:00289990
leading where? [80 words]mythDec 15, 2022 17:51289747
Before 1979, under the Shah, to what extent, if any, did Sharia (Law) apply? [91 words]RobertDec 16, 2022 18:52289747
National Council of Resistance of Iran & the former Shah's Son [224 words]RobertDec 14, 2022 17:53289703
we'll see [548 words]DavidDec 14, 2022 15:34289699
Prediction: Russia will intervene in Iran [170 words]DaveDec 14, 2022 13:39289696
prediction: in Syria [140 words]DavidDec 15, 2022 23:42289696
1There are leaders available [136 words]MalcolmDec 14, 2022 10:31289691

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