Falcon29
Elite Member
To be clear, I do believe the people believe in Islam. I don't believe they subscribe to the idea of believing Islamic principles being foundation/core of their sociopolitical vision.Absence is of a strategy by the Islamic world is worrying. Iran is not prepared for a war with Israel. Iran led-axis was taken by surprise and not prepared for this scenario. Iran takes defensive route of deterrence for its long term nuclear program. Saudi-led axis are subjugated to their masters and will just go along with them. Turkey is focused on Turkic peoples and balancing its relations with Europe/ME. All three major parties do not trust each other. Each will take advantage of power vacuum and try to come out of situation as strongest. So each will espouse different vision for the region. Which is more related to their national interests and not based upon a set of principles like how the West does with democracy and democratic values. Hence, they're more successful in projecting power and influence.
Muslims don't campaign on set of principles. Even if they claim otherwise. I don't buy that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, or Iran are operating on Islamic principles and want to advance them for the people of the region. They use Islam and don't actually believe in it. They use it to shoehorn their way into dominance of the region with them guiding affairs at the top. And don't know how to share power between each other without enforcing their beliefs/mindset onto others. You can not get anywhere like this.
So, then the question is. What is our vision? Maintain security/dictatorships, with secular lifestyle or partial democracy? It's all over the place. Even they are bad at maintaining authoritarian rule. At least, if you're North Korean, it's exciting and can make you proud. There's nothing to make you proud if you're Middle Eastern.




