We can now infer from all of the aforementioned that America’s policy of domination and interference in the Middle East has led to a broader conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran which Israel will not be able to handle over the long run, in addition to weakening the American position in the Middle East. The Middle East is now “on fire” to borrow from one scholar. The United States is also “dogged by the fear” that “any attack by Israel would likely pull the U.S. into yet another regional conflict.”
Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran also proves that Israel is the outlier in the international community. To borrow from one scholar: “When the nuclear deal was finally negotiated in 2015 and was received with near unanimous international consensus, Israel was the outlier with its condemnation of the agreement.”
Not only is Israel the outlier in the international community, but Iran and its proxies also cast a heavy shadow over Israel. As the scholar wrote:
“The successful effort by Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah to prop up the Assad regime meant stronger, better equipped, Iranian-backed militias on Israel’s borders with both Lebanon and Syria. Israel saw the spread of Iranian-backed militias to Syria as a serious shift in the military balance on its borders, which is why it launched several airstrikes in Syria against them and quietly supported the Al-Qaeda linked forces the Iranians were fighting.”
Israel and the United States support Al-Qaeda and ISIS as a counterbalance to Iran in the region. And given the level of the threat which Iran faces, Iran is in a classic “security dilemma” situation, whereby Iran must expand militarily and ideologically outside of its borders at the expense of economy and trade. As the scholar wrote:
“While Iran is a mid-level power battered by decades of sanctions, it is still remarkable to see how the government of Iran has leveraged its meager resources and ideological fervor to have a major influence abroad. Many Iranians, however, would much prefer that their government focus on improving the lives of its citizens and building beneficial trade relations instead of spreading its theology and military zeal beyond its borders.”
But of course, security trumps wealth, given the anarchic nature of the international system, and Iran best demonstrates this reality. Security trumps wealth for Iran given that the “demonization of Iran” by the United States compels Iran to take the position which it has taken vis-à-vis the United States and Israel. The American policy towards Iran is one of belligerence and violence at the bare minimum, and sheer cruelty and sadism at its maximum. All of it, one must note, is absurd and baseless as well. Nor is Iran, as an integral part of the region, the biggest threat to the region. Iran depends and relies on a region that is peaceful and stable for its own stability and survival. Rather, the biggest threat to regional peace and stability is American dominance and interference. As the scholar wrote: “American interventions in the Middle East have ignited civil wars, religious fanaticism, and vicious sectarianism.”
But the American policy “has been hijacked by a variety of actors who are out for their own interests.” The American policy of dominance and interference is not even a real American policy. The policy is a policy of very narrow and anomalous interests. Nor has the policy worked or succeeded in achieving its main goal.
Adam A. Azim 