A Comment About

The Israeli-Arab Alliance Against Iran

May 22, 2010 - 12:00 am - by Ryan Mauro
Terry, Eilat - Israel
2010-05-22 01:18:59

You can’t count on Arab support for anything. The Arabs will hedge their bets, waiting to see who wins. They will go to the strongest side much as Turkey has moved into the Iranian axis. They see America retreating from the Middle-East, they see America abandonning Lebanon. Better yet, they see America abandon Israel. If America can abandon an ally like Israel, how can they count on America? It is wishful thinking to believe there can be any kind of Arab/Israeli alliance against Iran. Granted, some regimes would do literally anything to maintain their hold on power, even support an Israeli strike on Iran. But at the same time, very powerful forces in these countries (and at the highest levels) see only an opportunity to destroy Israel. On the very day that Iran obtains a working atomic weapon, every Arab state will align itself with the new strong man of the Middle-East.