The Middle East Could Be a Playground for Any U.S. President
The article examines past U.S. presidential visits and policies toward the Middle East—referring to Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden—and discusses perceptions that U.S. actions often serve domestic and Israeli interests.
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The late famous journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal said it in his book "Kalam fi al-Siyasa" (Words on Politics) ..the first book "Issues and Men"......where he wrote in the course of his aforementioned book that when former US President Clinton - No. 42 - (1798-2001) ..whose presidency terms were from 1993 -2001, was trying to flee forward from the suffocating siege around him in Washington ..during the Monica Lewinsky scandal (a White House employee at that time), and attempts to remove him from the presidency....at that time...and so he boarded his presidential plane to the Middle East... "under the cover that he wanted to make peace in the region.." and he was all along a loyal supporter of Israel because it alone in the Middle East "can help him domestically" ...! And the proof negating that he wanted to secure the peoples of the region against any threat " and therefore he struck Iraq alone at that time ...with the claim of eliminating weapons of mass destruction ..while he knew that nothing remained of them !..and he asks the Palestinians in his presence with his testimony ..to cancel their National Charter while he knew that its cancellation had actually occurred years before..! And he insists on the cover-up saying: that he acts in favor of Arabs and Muslims (and present with him were Madeleine Albright his Secretary of State, William Cohen his Secretary of Defense.. and George Tenet the CIA director in that era.)....and he addresses his speech to Muslims greeting and congratulating them on the month of Ramadan at that time...and at the end of his speech, he goes as far as using the Arabic language in compliment, saying to his listeners in their tongue "Ramadan Karim"...and this is a reminder that evokes Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt two hundred years ago (1798)..when he entered it displaying his conversion to Islam, and his guidance to their exalted religion..and astonishingly the Arabs of those days two hundred years ago did not accept Napoleon’s claim..and they soon revolted against him..but the Arabs these days accepted Clinton and were silent about him..!
And so did Bush father and son.......!... and Obama. When he addressed a message to the Islamic world…from Cairo University.. and Trump, and before them when former US President - No. 39 - in the seventies. (1977-1981).....repeated words in Arabic like "Assalamu alaykum" ..! And the situation continues…in the same context….where, after a few days, the current US President Biden’s visit to the Middle East comes ...but without mentioning any term or word in his visit program to the region ..that he wants to implement the "two-state solution" .....Rather the indicator for example...was clear in the Americans’ report on the killing of the Palestinian journalist "Shireen Abu Akleh", who held the American nationality in addition to the Palestinian nationality.....by exonerating the Israeli occupation forces..with a vague and diplomatic narrative ...which confirms as announced ... that the purpose of President Biden’s visit...to the region is to arrange its affairs and support Israel........in light of global developments in particular and urgent issues concerning Western societies and especially the shortage in energy, and foodstuffs and rising prices and waves of inflation ..whose rates are rising significantly in the United States of America...!..and nevertheless we Palestinians convince ourselves that there is something good ....that the US President’s visit will carry in favor of the Palestinians..but....gradually...and we do not know in our conjecture..the time for it to occur..is it in Bethlehem....the place of meeting with President Abu Mazen.. or after the end of the visit to Saudi Arabia..or what is implicitly and according to our optimistic interpretations understood from events ..that will take place...and we hope that the result of the visit will not be to broadcast rupture and resentment between the two Arab brothers..as happened with Saudi Arabia and Qatar at the end of Trump’s visit. And his repetition of the term "terrorism" coming from Qatar....although they (Saudi Arabia and Qatar) are main allies of the United States..and have on their lands large and central military bases...and what was reaped after that of funds in favor of a country, and the scattering of the Arabs for a period that is not short..! Nevertheless we must be patient. For we have been patient a long time..and little remains..as is being promoted......It is possible that we Palestinians ...were born on Laylat al-Qadr. Who knows? ...!
They said, "They alone ...(the Americans and the Israelis), have the right and the ability to consecrate heroes, and to canonize saints in the Middle East"..!!..So shall we Arabs get into the act..correcting these statements...by adding ourselves to this saying ..so that it will not remain the prerogative of the duo of the United States and Israel...and we ally with the devil even!!
Wishing you every year in better condition.. Blessed Eid al-Adha..
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Zuhdi Shubeitah, “The Middle East Could Be a Playground for Any U.S. President” (English translation of «الشرق الاوسط قد يكون ملعبا لأي رئيس امريكي.....», originally published 11 September 2022), https://www.zuhdish.co/en/articles/the-middle-east-could-be-a-playground
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