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Arabs opposed to both Israeli, Iranian Mideast hegemony
munaeem | 19 April, 2007 11:01
A commentary in Jordan's Ad Dustour said it rejected having to choose between Israel and Iran, arguing that this frustrated any hope of self-determination for the Arab peoples and their governments.
The mass-circulation daily argued that Iran had its own plans and strategies to export its revolution to the Arab world, having initiated this agenda by acting as the primary assistant to the US in its war in Iraq, enabling Iran's Shiite element to take power.
"Why should ... Arabs ... have to choose between two occupiers? Between one [colonialist agenda] and the other? ... Where is our [freedom of] choice? And why is our stance against the Iranian scheme in dominating the region interpreted as being in favor of the Israeli scheme?" queried the paper.
The daily, which describes itself as independent but is partially owned by the government, insisted that Arabs were opposed to both countries' drive toward regional hegemony, stressing that each threatened future Arab independence and stability.
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