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Reaping the Whirlwind Part 2

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Yesterday I posted a blog that expressed my belief that the USA unintentionally created the war between Iran and Israel that threatens the whole of the Arabian/Persian Gulf (and indeed the whole world economy) by deposing a legally elected government, and installing a corrupt Shah and his cronies. This enabled the Ayatollahs to walk into Iran without any resistance. Today I want to reinforce that by proposing that the situation has been made much worse by America’s unconditional support for Israel.

In my book, THE GULF “Reaping the Whirlwind” one of the characters says that Israel, “is the spear carrier for the Yanks in the Middle East.” In other words American support for Israel was a calculated foreign policy move so that they could use the threat of unleashing a militarised Israel on any of the Gulf states that did not bow to the USA’s interests. Unfortunately, it now seems that the Americans are the spear carriers for the Israelis. They can now threaten their neighbours with unleashing American military might on them if they do not bow to Israel’s demands. And Netenyahu’s demands far exceed Trump’s original aims of ridding Iran of a nuclear threat.

When I worked in Saudi Arabia, my highly educated young graduates (with engineering degrees from American Universities) that I was mentoring, told me that the Israeli’s were not to be trusted. They wanted to own or control the whole of the Middle East. At the time I thought it ridiculous, but look at the current situation. The threat to annex the West Bank, the invasion (for the 4th time?) of Southern Lebanon, and their proposal for all out war on Iran.

THE GULF “Reaping the Whirlwind”, is a collection of linked short stories based on my 40 years experience of living and working in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. The stories are based on real events I have witnessed, or were told to me by expatriates who have lived there for a long time. As such, they give insights into the realities of the situation in this fascinating region that is the cradle of our civilisation.

My book is available in paperback at www,FeedaRead.com, of as an ebook on Amazon’s Kindle.

Reaping the Whirlwind 1

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Dazzled by the Imperial splendours of India – the jewel in The Crown – and distracted by Byzantine politics in Cairo, Baghdad, and Damascus, The Arabian/Persian Gulf became a neglected backwater of the British Empire that allowed the USA to develop the Saudi Arabian oilfields, and usurp British interests in Persia (Iran). The Americans deposed the democratically elected government of Mosedeq, and replaced him with the corrupt Shah and his cronies.

The situation became so bad that Ayatollah Khomenei was invited to fly in unopposed and to install a deeply religious regime. As the Iranians say, “We used to drink in public, and pray in private. Now we pray in public and drink in private.”

It was American greed for oil, their naivete, and their unconditional support for Israel that has created what they perceive as a threat to Western democracy. As Ray Horrocks, a character in my book THE GULF “Reaping the Whirlwind” says:

“The Yanks understand the problems, they don’t understand the people. The Iranians write backwards, read backwards, and think backwards.”

My book is a collection of linked short stories featuring the flotsam and jetsam of expatriate Westerners who wash up in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. It highlights, and gives insights to the clash of cultures that has led to the present conflict.

THE GULF “Reaping the Whirlwind” is available in paperback from http://www.ReadARead.com, or can be downloaded as a ebook from Amazon’s Kindle.