Although Israel has been regarded as the enemy of Arab countries for decades, leaders of some Arab countries are now trying to get closer to Israel to establish a balance of power with Iran.
If you compare the financial and economic potential of these countries with that of Iran, Iran is definitely dwarfed. In terms of military installations and equipment, Iran is also much inferior. It is enough to only look at the number of weapons that Saudi Arabia has purchased from the United States. It is not comparable at all. In 2018, Iran’s military budget totaled 9 billion U.S. dollars, and Saudi Arabia officially purchased 150 billion U.S. dollars of weapons. Saudi Arabia has missiles with a range of more than 2500 kilometers, as well as the most modern aircraft and tanks. Israel has hundreds of nuclear bombs, which can not only destroy the Middle East, but also the Earth, not counting the military power of its ally, the United States.
In the past five centuries, Iran has never waged a war, but Saudi Arabia and Israel alone have waged many wars and military strikes. Coupled with the United States, after the Second World War, the United States kept launching wars, and we can feel what kind of power Iran faces. In every respect, perhaps the Iranian side should be afraid.
However, we keep hearing their fear of Iran, and we have never heard that Iran is afraid of their unity. why?
As everyone knows, Saddam Hussein never took off his uniform during the Iran-Iraq War, but when he was at war with the Arab brothers, he always wore suits and ties. When a reporter asked him why he didn’t wear military uniforms, he replied, “I can’t see men and soldiers in front of me who make me want to wear military uniforms.”
Indeed, weapons play a pivotal role on the battlefield, but they play a major role. It is the combatants, not the weapons. If the weapons in the hands of the United States, Israel, and Saudi Arabia can provide them with power, we will not see Israel losing to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia will stand still in Yemen, or U.S. soldiers kneeling in the Persian Gulf. In front of the Iranians.
Obviously, no country is willing to fight, because war harms everyone's interests. But everyone knows that going to war with Iran is not a trifling matter. Once attacked, Iran will put the entire Middle East into war.
We have seen that the United States and 65 countries have been fighting against the "Islamic State" for five years without success. However, when the Iranians decided to eliminate the "Islamic State", they used allies and in less than two years Destroy it. The reason is that the so-called "guerrilla warfare" (جنگ های پارتیزانی) used by the "Islamic State" is difficult for any army to resist Iran.
In fact, Hezbollah and the Palestinian resistance forces also defeated the Israelis through guerrilla warfare, and the Houthi forces also plunged the Saudi alliance into a mire through guerrilla warfare.
Now, some people may not know that guerrilla warfare has always been an Iranian initiative. The reason why
calls it "guerrilla warfare" (پارتیزانی) is because the Parthians used this method in the unequal war. Although the enemies are more numerous and stronger than themselves, they can still be defeated; this This form of war was called "Parthian Strike" (پارت زنی) and later became a guerrilla warfare in history.
Iran’s enemies know very well that if they want to fight Iran in any way, Iran will launch guerrilla warfare against them throughout the region and gradually eliminate the enemy.
If some Arabs believe that an alliance with Israel is at least effective for their survival and that the Israeli lobby of the United States will work for them, then it is also good to remind them: King Pahlavi was also an ally of Israel and believes that it is with Israel Alliance can help him survive; however, the United States, Israel and other Western countries deserted him precisely in distress. Forty years ago, he was like a bereaved dog, looking for a place where he could receive treatment, but they all gave him a closed door.
Therefore, Iran’s Arab neighbors should consider shaking hands with Iran instead of thinking about holding hands with the enemy to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
Author: Imad · 阿布什纳斯 (عماد آبشناس), Iranian political analysts, the World Center for Middle East researcher at the University of Tehran, the Russian news agency satellite columnist.
Source: Russian Satellite News Agency Persian version
Translation: Northern River
From: Middle East Wandering Station
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