Iranian Chill Thread

[ShapurII]

Arabs are our direct neighbors, and we have been allied with some Arab groups both before and after the advent of Islam. Arabs are a diverse group in terms of ethnicity, religion, and ideology, and they cannot be generalized as simply anti-Iranian or pro-Iranian.

So? Does that mean we should sacrifice our interests to protect their interests?
In fact, that's exactly how the world does not work. You should try to weaken your immediate neighbors, not sacrifice your own interests for their sake.

 

[shapurzolaktaf]

So? Does that mean we should sacrifice our interests to protect their interests?
In fact, that's exactly how the world does not work. You should try to weaken your immediate neighbors, not sacrifice your own interests for their sake.

If you collapse or weaken Iraq more than it is, it will fall in hands of ISIS who will be directly attacking us and our export will be disrupted (almost 10 billion USD a year). It will empower anti-Iranian forces such as Syrian Al-Qaeda, Saudi who will see a chance to invade west Iraq. What happens in Iranian Baluchistan will then happen in West-Iran. So we should protect our interests, which is wrongly interpreted as "sacrifice". In a way Iraq is a shield/buffer for Iran.