This ill-conceived Makka Accord appears to have been deliberately introduced at an extremely sensitive moment. The region is already engulfed in war: Iran is demanding compensation for U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran, while Israel is pushing for the destruction of Iranian infrastructure.
At the same time, Pakistan and Turkey have stated that an attack on Saudi Arabia would be considered an attack against all of them.
The Pakistan-Saudi treaty was in place between Pakistan and Saudi before this war started. Pakistan has deployed forces to Saudi as part of this treaty already. Pakistan has not worked to stop Iranian attacks on American bases in Saudi from Iran, only Saudi infrastructure to date. What is wrong with Pakistan honouring a treaty it signed before the war started ?
Claim all the compensation from the USA and Israel you want, but you will have a hard time thinking anyone in the GCC owes any compensation to Iran for a war that the USA and Israel have waged on Iran.
Israel has been pushing for the destruction of Iranian infrastructure, but when Iran had the opportunity to go after Israeli infrastructure, it declined to do so and instead it focussed mostly on evacuated buildings in Tel Aviv.
Why was that? Why is Iran keen to destroy infrastructure in the GCC but not in Israel ????? Did the GCC really commit a "bigger sin" than Israel ?
In this context, the treaty appears to align closely with regional American objectives: Iran must be weakened or even destroyed, but it should be prevented from retaliating against those responsible for the aggression through the threat of invoking the Makka Accord.
Saudi's (and other GCC states) have certainly allowed American bases to be used against Iran ( to which Iran has rightly attacked back and in some cases destroyed) but has there been any active action by Saudi Armed forces(or any of the Arab countries) against Iranian targets? Any attacks? I have seen some references to Saudi air refuellers, but were they refuelling American aircraft, or were they refuelling Saudi Airforce who were monitoring and defending Saudi infrastructure ?
The reality is Iran will not care about the concerns of some energy-starved regional countries. We are fighting a hyperpower.
Yes, please go and fight the country that killed the Supreme Leader and many of the senior leadership in Iran and caused hundreds of billions of dollars of damage
ie Israel. Extract your vengence from those who have caused all the harm from USA and Israel.
Surely you want and need to "settle the bill with Israel first" who those who
actively attacked you ?? Rather than the countries who simply could not say no to the USA in not allowing American bases to be used against Iran ?
Who has the greatest sin here? The country that killed your entire leadership multiple times over and still continues to try to if given the chance, and has also caused the greatest amount of damage and loss of life? Or, the cowards in the GCC who could not say no to a hyper power in allowing bases in their country to be used ?
I don't think many here will object to the Iranians going after American bases either. But, maybe this is where people here are struggling with the "Iranian viewpoint and Iranian logic". ie Have any of the countries of Saudi, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait used their own armed forces to attack Iran in this war ? Is not being able to say no to the "hyperpower" of the USA to use American bases in their country a direct act hostility of that country ? Is that the bigger sin here? Is that hostility more or less than what Israel has done??
Is that the issue, or is the real issue that Iran can't lash out at the USA more than it has so far, and it can't or won't go after Israel anymore ? Is this "vengeance" really just Iranian frustration of their limitations of their military power ?
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