The US has no strategy while Iran is very clear about their strategy to remove US bases and Palestinian self-determination…as Western propaganda clouds the reality, we discuss the fight for sovereignty from Iran to Yemen with Iranian political analyst Ali Alizadeh
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I find it a little interesting Iran isn’t militarily targeting Turkiye, despite Türkiye being very pro-imperialist. Are there reasons for not doing so?
My guess is they see Türkiye as being more independent then the rest, and potentially have a greater military capacity comparatively to the Gulf regimes, Saudia Arabia and Israel.
Türkiye actively deindustrialized Aleppo in Syria during the civil war. Essentially dismantling entire factories and reconstructing them in Türkiye.
In other words, they, unlike the rest of the West, likely have some matter of a domestic arms industry that is somewhat self sufficient.
Not to the mention the Russia factor. If Iran strikes Türkiye, then Türkiye may retaliate by giving problems to Russia in the black sea, causing issues for the war in Ukraine. This could be used as a dividing factor between Russia and Iran, so I’d imagine the Iranians don’t want to create problem for themselves in that respect.
I’d say that the end of the Ukraine war will probably be the thing that makes Iran take a more hardline stance against Türkiye, as then Türkiye would then lose a lot of leverage against Russia.
We’ve seen how Türkiye uses it’s geography to leverage Russia before, especially against Syria when Assad stupidly decided to go along with the freeze on the conflict.
These are only my assumptions though, so perhaps if other comrades have more to add, please do so.
I’m more interested in turning the public against them, as the governments won’t lift a finger. There’s still a lot of sectarianism and false nationalism surrounding Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE among Muslims. (yes even among non Turks, Saudis and Emiratis).