Roger Cohen writes about how the kleptocratic petty tyrants of various Arab puppet states in the Mideast are willing to stoop so low as to make common cause against Iran in order to maintain their failing grip on power just a bit longer:
When popular rage rises, the region’s Arab autocrats look in the mirror and see the Shah. They don’t want a rerun of Tehran 1979.
“The Arabs are very worried that, for expediency’s sake in Iraq or Afghanistan, we’ll cut some deal with Iran that will leave Tehran as the regional hegemon,” one U.S. official told me.
The israelis of course fear the same thing, which is what I've been saying all along. After all, if you think about it, why does the US need Isael now, or ever? Meanwhile, the Arab League head Amr Moussa says that the real danger is Israel's nukes, not Iran -- and Iran agrees -- and the Palestinian chief negotiator Erekat says that the real danger is the expanding Israeli occupation, not Iran.
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