{Marhaba (greeting) "axis of evil"-Ahlen (another greeting) "big satan") by Naser Al Ja'fari-Al Sijil newspaper-Jordan
So it seems at first glance but in the corner of my eye I still can see that stick ready to go at any moment.
On the carrot front: the US and EU want to invite Iran to a conference on Afghanistan (they seem to be having some problems with delivering supplies to their troops so now they need Iran), the UK wants to talk to Hizba’Allah’s political wing (umm news flash for the UK you can’t differentiate between the political and military wing in Hizba’Allah they have the same leadership), Syria seems to be loved again by the EU especially France, Syria and Saudi Arabia are talking again after a few years of deadlock, and Syria might be talking to Egypt too. All looks good well it depends on how you look at it, each of these actions are either done for the direct interest of the US and EU or a way to break up the coalition between Iran, Hizba’Allah and Syria. I’m not really sure if they are for real or not but it is mentioned sometimes; though anyone who knows the situation in the Middle East thinks that is unlikely and laughs at the idea, saying those three along with Hamas won’t let a good coalition go over the interests of the ones who attacked them in the first place.
On the stick front, we have the arrest warrant of Al Bashir (the president of Sudan), the war in Gaza along with the ongoing embargo on it and the huge removal of Palestinians from Jerusalem that came in a short period of time, the continuance of the occupation in Iraq (the withdrawal is a sham with keeping 50,000 troops and bringing in private mercenaries from Uganda for example), adding more troops in Afghanistan, and let us not forget the attack on Iran because of its nuclear program.
The US and EU may have some Arab rulers and others by the neck and think we will be eating from the palm of their hands but we have two eyes open to the stick behind the carrot and when it will be revealed and how.
