Rice: America Has NoPermanent Enemy: Will Arab Moderates Learn???

… These are the words of the American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which were said in the context of the American openness towards Iran. This proves that America is ready, more than once a day, to change its skin, color and relations for the sake of its interests. Iran is the rogue state and one of the “Axis of Evil” states, under the American classification, and at the top of the pyramid of “terrorist” states: the U.S. did not leave any punitive means, including military, off the table, under the auspices of preventing Iran from having nuclear technology and weapons of mass destruction. Washington has realized that the economic, financial and commercial sanctions, including blockades and others, could not succeed in deterring Tehran from continuing its nuclear projects, and there has been a growing sense that any military strike against Iran could create anarchy in the region and affect the main source of energy and the luxury of American people, as oil could exceed $ 250 per barrel.

When the United States resorted to changing its policy, they did not mention the pressure of major corporate monopolies toward restoring diplomatic relations with Iran, where the volume of U.S. interest requires direct US supervision, rather than supervision through other Western countries. Possibly, openness and direct communication could influence the Iranian internal situation more than a military solution.

The former Soviet Union is a lesson and example, as are Poland and other Eastern European States, where regimes have been undermined and sabotaged from within.

We do not forget that what pushes America toward such an option is that regional resistance has achieved more than a victory, and Iran has become a most influential player at the regional level. Hence, the United States sees that arrangements with Iran, including the preservation of its own regional interests, may be better than a military confrontation with it.

This American–Iranian momentum that is linked with self-interest, must inflame moderate Arab states, who attached their will, resolution and policies to the so-called ally and friend that is America. Many indicators and data show that this ally is mainly interested in securing its own interests, and whenever a one of these moderate regimes stops protecting U.S. interests, the U.S. has no difficulty in abandoning it to its own fate and destiny.

The world, but not America, like to obey and perform dutifully for the powerful and not for the weak. An erosion of the role and importance of Arab moderate states, allowing other regional countries to play a role in the region, has been seen more than once.

With regard to the Syrian-Israeli negotiations, Turkey has undertaken this responsibility. The Lebanese-Lebanese reconciliation was accomplished by Qatar and the moderate Arab camp is being eroded and marginalized – not only in a regional context, but also on an internal popular level. In other words, the departure or collapse of these regimes will not cause their people to shed any tears, or to protect and defend them: their economic conditions are deteriorating and poverty and unemployment rates continue to rise; don’t forget to the miserable state of civil freedoms.

These regimes should realize, despite their complete dependence in everything on their U.S. ally, that this dependence does give them immunity. If the U.S. feels that these regimes have become a burden, which is a position for whcih the U.S. is ready to fabricate and formulate pretexts and justifications, then the U.S. will not only abandon these regimes but will also bring them into international courts – although the nature of the charges will not be similar to those that were sent to the Iraqi leadership, when the late president Saddam Hussein was executed on charges of dictatorship, war crimes, and possession of weapons of mass destruction.

The late President Yasser Arafat was assassinated by poison because he rejected the Israeli conditions and dictations of settlement, and was also therefore accused of “terrorism”, and of being an obstacle to peace. And today, the U.S. State Department issued an order to the President of the International Criminal Court to issue a decision to detain the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, under the pretext of his committing massacres and genocide in Darfur – because he refused to comply with American policy to strip Darfur from his country, or to allow them to loot the wealth of the region and even neighboring states.

Such was the fate of the Arab presidents who ceased to obey America, and will be the same fate for the president or king of any regime that becomes a burden on U.S. policy and interests. Saudi Arabia is facing interference in its educational curriculum and is exposed to reformulation, according to the vision of America. It (Saudi Arabia) is accused of being the state that produced Al Qaeda. And in Egypt, the suppression of freedoms and sectarian sedition are being used to justify intervention and thus division under the umbrella and pretext of protecting Copts [A member of the Coptic Church]. These may all be excuses eventually to topple regimes.

Thus, we are not learning from the fates of Arab leaders, as well as the status of Iranian–U.S. momentum towards openness and rearrangement of the region in in a manner that will protect the interests of both sides, but not of the Arab countries that are allied with America, or even from the lack of consultations and coordination.

This is because of weakness, loss of will and inability of these Arab leaders to decide their fates. The U.S. draws and plans everything, and (Arab countries) have nothing to do except behave accordingly, and give commitment and blessing, or to be outside of the game and lose their thrones, interests and privileges. They are not in a position to decide or object as long as they abandon their will and political independence and militarily subject themselves to the U.S., abandoning the option of resistance and struggle. If they continue with this approach, and do not learn the lessons of the changes and developments that are now happening, they will be digging their graves with their own hands.

If “a dead body should not be beaten”, as in the case of official Arab regimes and this action, led by Rice, will not produce anything in the interests of Arabs or Arabism, then the issue needs more than a shake-up, and perhaps even an earthquake to prevent overall Arab collapse, and put the train on track after this derailment.