Our worthless wars for the last several decades have been about containing this country or that…..our present conflict is about containing Iran and its influence in the Middle East….but is it possible we are containing the wrong country?
An excellent point comes out of the small country of Oman on the boot of the Arabian peninsula and at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz…..
Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi penned an op-ed for the French outlet Le Monde on Tuesday. The article was a call for a new political and security architecture in the Gulf region, and served as a clear indictment not only for the current, disastrous war of choice that the United States and Israel initiated against Iran, but of forty-seven years of Western policy in the Gulf region.
The attention-grabbing statement comes when al-Busaidi notes the fundamental flaw of international policy in the Gulf was that it treated Iran as an existential threat to the security of the gulf region. In fact, he argues, the real threat comes from “decisions that are made in Tel Aviv.”
Unfortunately, although al-Busaidi is correct in his assertion, he merely states it as fact. He does nothing to support that point. That is a sorely missed opportunity.
Al-Busaidi has some genuine cache in diplomatic circles. He was the negotiator who managed to win a deal between the U.S. and Iran in February that would have significantly limited Iran’s nuclear program and allow for intrusive inspections. Donald Trump chose to blow that deal up by attacking Iran instead, at the behest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
If al-Busaidi had decided to use some of that credibility to elaborate on why Israel is the threat to Gulf stability rather than Iran, it would have been impactful.
Oman’s Foreign Minister to the West: You’ve been containing the wrong country
Finally someone publishing what many of us have been saying for 50+ years.
I totally agree with the foreign minister’s analysis and if you look at the history of the Middle East then a smart person will agree as well.
Israel has been the cause of more civilian deaths than any other country in the region…..they have attacked and destroyed in the name of security, which is a false narrative.
Sadly Israel will always have a free hand as long as the US is controlled by AIPAC money and a lame religious dogma.
I wish to thank al-Busaidi for speaking the truth.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
It’s always Israel. But they control the US/UK, and most other western nations. It is Israel that has us contained, not the other way around. Iran has been painted as the enemy to placate the masses into believing that Muslims are the genuine danger. When in fact it is, and has always been since 1948, Israel.
Best wishes, Pete.
It is good to see someone like Oman recognizing the problem….and speaking up. chuq
Having survived attempted genocide the visualise require a reason for their constant land grabs in the region
They use any excuse ro validate their own attempted genocide of the Palestinians
I agree their lame security dodge is wearing thin and has been for decades…..chuq
Unfortunately, Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi’s statements will likely never appear/become reported in Western corporate media.. This censorship may cease if enough people are made aware. Thanks for trying…
Jerry I have been trying to get more info about this region that the MSM refuses to publish out into the public…….chuq