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Senior adviser to Emirati Crown Prince/dictator Mohammad bin Zayed in response to the Ahvaz terrorist attacks:
"Taking the battle into the depths of #Iran is an option that has already been declared, and will increase in the next steps."
"Taking the battle into the depths of #Iran is an option that has already been declared, and will increase in the next steps."
https://twitter.com/Abdulkhaleq_UAE/status/1043424704663642112
Regional dictatorships have decisively helped shape the Trump admin's #Iran policy.
What are their aims? To provoke an escalatory reaction from Iran that will get them what they've always wanted: the US to go to war against Iran.
Iran must not fall for the bait.
What are their aims? To provoke an escalatory reaction from Iran that will get them what they've always wanted: the US to go to war against Iran.
Iran must not fall for the bait.
While Obama tried to gain much-needed leverage w/ these dictatorships & engage #Iran, Trump has let them run the show.
#Saudis' 1st interest has been destroying any transnational movements that could threaten Saudi royals: whether pan-Arabism, Islamism, or liberal democracy
#Saudis' 1st interest has been destroying any transnational movements that could threaten Saudi royals: whether pan-Arabism, Islamism, or liberal democracy
Alongside his calls for the "battle" to be taken "inside Iran," Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has branded as part of a “triangle of evil” Iran, Turkey, and Islamic groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood.
All three happen to have a degree of accountability to their constituents, in contrast to #Saudi leaders.
US has abetted these dictatorships for too long. They're a major obstacle not only to democratic aspirations of regional peoples, but do more harm than good to US interests.
US has abetted these dictatorships for too long. They're a major obstacle not only to democratic aspirations of regional peoples, but do more harm than good to US interests.
John Kerry said that all through the nuclear talks, states like #Saudi & the #Emiratis pushed the US to just bomb #Iran.
Fmr Defense Secretary Robert Gates in 2007 angrily rebuked Saudi king's demand for US to go to war against #Iran: "as if we were mercenaries."
Fmr Defense Secretary Robert Gates in 2007 angrily rebuked Saudi king's demand for US to go to war against #Iran: "as if we were mercenaries."
It is long past time for the US to reign in the destructive impulses of states like #Saudi Arabia, push them to reform domestically, stop obstructing regional democratic movements, & cease escalation w/ #Iran--which threatens catastrophic regional war that US will be dragged into
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