Quote Originally Posted by Showtime View Post
Of course. They are against the very idea of an Arab nation-state.
At least we agree on something.

Tunisians, some Palestinian parties, and Yemen’s Houthis are Arabs that support Iran. They also have no ties to any Sunni insurgencies. I don’t know why you don’t recognize some of these groups’ Arab identities.
It depends on your definition of "Arab", Yemen is an Arab state but Palestinians and Tunisians are arguably "Arabised" rather than Arabs.

No, they are actively undermining each other. What open diplomatic channels are you referring to? Iranians are banned from pilgrimage and no Saudi is allowed to travel to Iran.
They antagonise, but to pretend they don't talk to each other is naive.

This is not realistic, and will not be good for Israel. Both Iran and Turkey will never allow this, Egypt will be loaded with cash by that time, and if Assad sticks around it’s going to be a wrap. I don’t think Israel would risk this, especially after the diplomatic progress with Saudis after their Red Sea purchases. As much as Israel wanted Iran, they're getting the Saudis and they'll probably take what they can get.
Creating Israel was not realistic - but the Zionists (the original ones) did it.

Again, if by Arabs you mean Saudi Arabia, they really don’t have much to benefit from confronting Daesh, sadly. Their western patrons dislike Assad for daring to take an independent direction while threatening the security of Israel, and so Al Saud as essentially vassals of the west act imprudently like them.
Westerners dislike Assad for killing his own people - it offends out delicate sensibilities and if the Saudis think IS isn't worth confronting then they're idiots.