The US first sold out Europe, and now it's selling out Gulf countries...

İbrahim Karagül
İbrahim Karagül
21:46, 11/03/2026, Wednesday • Yeni Şafak News Center
The US first sold out Europe, and now it's selling out Gulf countries...
The US first sold out Europe, and now it's selling out Gulf countries...

The US could not protect any of its allies in the Middle East. It could not protect Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, or Jordan from Iranian missiles.

The US could not even protect the military bases it spread across many countries in the Middle East. US military bases, naval bases, and intelligence bases located in the aforementioned countries suffered heavy attacks.

It became clear that the US does not even have the capability to protect its own bases in such a war. All of them, including the 5th Fleet in Bahrain, including radar bases, including massive military deployments, came under attack and could not be protected.

TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS WASTED.

The US, which for decades took trillions of dollars saying "we will defend you," did nothing for these countries against Iranian missiles in just ten days, could do nothing, and it became evident it can do nothing.

Countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain are in great shock. I am sure they are asking themselves, "So what a mistake did we make by entrusting our defense to the US?"

These countries, which until today lived in safety under US protection, if they are experiencing this while suffering Iranian attacks today, have seen that they will experience the same vulnerability in attacks by other powers tomorrow.

THEN THE US WON'T PROTECT THEM, THEY WILL 'STRIKE' THEM.

We know that Israel will not remain idle after the Israel-Iran war. We know that Israel will attack some of the countries that are currently US allies. Just as the US will not protect any of these countries then, we also know that it will support Israel and strike these countries. That is when the Arab/Gulf countries will experience the real fatal shock.

ALL THESE INVESTMENTS WERE FOR INTERNAL THREATS.

The US military presence and military bases in the regional countries were calibrated to protect these countries not against external threats, but against "internal threats." They were calibrated to protect and manage, to own the regimes, the ruling elites, the oil wealth.

I think this shock will seriously affect the future decisions of the regional countries. They found themselves completely defenseless. But the real question is this: Regional countries know that the US military presence, which protects them against possible internal threats, will not provide protection in the event of a regional external threat. So how will this gap be filled?

THEY SHOULD ESTABLISH A JOINT DEFENSE SHIELD WITH TÜRKİYE.

Considering the uncertainty to be experienced in the coming years, the volatility in our geography, and the fatal changes in the global power mathematics, it is now imperative for them to make some changes in a state of urgency.

The way to do this is for Türkiye and the regional countries to build a joint defense shield.

EUROPE EXPERIENCED THE SAME SITUATION. THE US COULDN'T DEFEND THEM EITHER.

Europe experienced the same situation that the Gulf countries have fallen into. When Russia attacked Ukraine, they suddenly realized they were defenseless, that US presence alone would not be enough to protect them, and that the US had no such intention anyway.

Now they are desperately seeking solutions and remedies for Europe's defense. They are even asking for support from Türkiye, which they excluded for decades.

Like Europe, the Gulf countries have seen that the US is not willing to protect them. The US leaving both the Gulf countries and Europe so isolated, or rather it becoming evident that it cannot defend them, is a major rupture. This will be what truly breaks the post-World War II order.

THEY USED ORGANIZATIONS AND THREW THEM AWAY. THEY USED STATES AND THREW THEM AWAY.

Organizations like the PKK, PJAK, and YPG, which for years served as proxies in the aggression of the US and Israel towards our region, were seen as "forces to be discarded once their job was done." We saw this most recently in Syria.

Now they are trying to deploy the same forces against Iran. Although they may hesitate for now, it is clear they will become willing to do so in the later stages of the war. This proxy role caused Kurdish nationalism to be perceived as a second Israel, categorizing it as a common enemy across the region.

The grave aspect is that until today, organizations were used and discarded. Like the PKK, like DAESH. Now states are being used and discarded. The states in the Gulf/Middle East region are, without exception, US allies. In fact, it's more than alliance; there is an integration.

THEY CONSTANTLY CONCOCTED "THREATS" FOR THE ARAB NATION.

But now we see that this alliance relationship has been revealed to be a kind of subcontracting, a relationship of American plunder. They always showed a threat to the Arab nation and steered them where they wanted. The Saddam threat, the Al-Qaeda threat, the Muslim Brotherhood threat, the Iran threat. Now they are working on the Turkish threat.

Regional countries, designed by this threat and intimidation, may have no tomorrow if they do not wake up immediately. The current states could be broken up into very small pieces.

It is now certain that after Iran, Israel will target Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye, and will use US power for this. So, will this game, played for decades, still work? If it does, it means all nations living in this vast geography are under threat.

"REGIONAL IRAN" COLLAPSED. CAN IT COLLAPSE INTERNALLY TOO?

Iran was first ousted from Syria and weakened in Lebanon. The "Regional Iran" project collapsed. Withdrawn to its own borders, all of Iran's initiatives carried out on a geographic scale since the Iran-Iraq war turned to waste. The history that has ravaged our region since 1979, causing as much damage as US-Israeli occupations and attacks, became a lie.

The attacks we call the 12-day war began. Iran was struck from within. We saw such examples, witnessed such betrayals, that it raised questions about how such a state could survive. Iran, finished in the region, was practically rotten inside! It wasn't just attacked. It was discredited, humiliated.

Immediately after, uprisings were started inside the country. US and European intelligence, organized internally for decades, were put at the service of Israeli intelligence, and mass uprisings were initiated. Iran was being weakened from within for the second time after the 12-day war.

The uprising was brought under control. A major purge was initiated inside. Just as things were expected to calm down, Netanyahu convinced Trump, and a second attack on Iran was launched. Regime change and nuclear activities were presented as justification, but Israel's attacks on Iran were actually a blood feud.

THEY SAID "WE WEAKENED THEM, LET'S FINISH THEM." BUT THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT THAT WAY AT ALL!

It was thought that Iran, weakened so much, would collapse with the latest attack. Netanyahu probably convinced Trump this way. But it didn't happen as they expected. Just as the Gulf countries experienced a shock when they realized the US protection shield was absent, the US was experiencing the same shock in the face of Iran's sharp and very harsh retaliations.

No one had thought Iranian missiles and drones would be this effective, that Tehran would first strike US bases in the region to free its hand. No one had calculated that Iran would strike US bases, regional countries, and Israel simultaneously.

They thought the aggression they pursued through fear would work, that Iran would accept defeat. They believed killing Khamenei would also emotionally collapse Iran.

REGIONAL COUNTRIES DID NOT FALL INTO THE ISRAELI TRAP.

The US cannot sustain this war, which it started "reluctantly" and without a plan, for long. Israel cannot sustain this war for long, despite its pressure on the US. If Iran continues to stand as firm as it has so far, if its power permits, the US may have to step back.

Because they couldn't topple Iran from within. They couldn't launch a ground attack, and they won't be able to. Consequently, their calculations didn't work out. They thought they would strike and an uprising would start from within; that didn't work. They thought they would strike and regional countries would attack Iran; that didn't work either.

ISRAEL WILL USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS! THE US'S BUSINESS IN THIS REGION WILL BE FINISHED!

So what remains? I don't know about the US, but Israel will use nuclear weapons as its last card. These frenzied deviants will commit mass massacres in Iran. And this contract will remain on the US.

A nuclear attack shatters the paradigm of the entire geography. It mobilizes the entire geography against Israel. The US's entire business in this geography is finished. No power or rhetoric can guarantee the existence of US power.

BUT WHAT IF IRAN ALSO LAUNCHES A NUCLEAR ATTACK ON ISRAEL!

Currently, there is a US that is "losing the world for Israel." It appears as a rogue state that has become an enemy with all countries, attacking everywhere. Its global reputation and security are at zero point.

This is not sustainable in the long term. The dramatic loss of the Middle East for the US, which is losing the world, could happen much sooner than we expect.

Israel will use nuclear weapons against Iran. But what if Iran also has nuclear weapons! What if it also uses them against Israel? This is possible. Moreover, Israel is a place the size of the palm of your hand. It would be impossible for it to recover after such an attack. It would experience a complete collapse.

IF WE LOOK THROUGH A SECTARIAN LENS, WE WILL MAKE IRAN'S MISTAKES... EVERYONE IS BEING VERY, VERY CAREFUL RIGHT NOW!

If the Iran issue is perceived through a sectarian lens, we cannot correctly read the future of the region. We would repeat the mistake Iran has made for forty years. We need a perspective, a stance, and a preparation on a geographic scale, above sectarianism.

We know that those attacking Iran are not attacking for sectarianism. They didn't attack Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan for sectarianism.

Sunni countries must not fall into the sectarian blindness that Iran has fallen into, must not position themselves accordingly, and must not look at the future of their countries and the geography through this narrow, sterile blindness.

THE US CAN NO LONGER HOLD ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST!

The Gulf countries have acted with incredible composure and patience so far. This is not out of fear, as Russia claims, but because they see the "Israeli setup" aimed at regionalizing the war.

If these results have emerged in less than two weeks, it means this war will be truly devastating for the US.

A state that cannot protect even its own military bases can no longer hold on in this geography. The ground beneath its feet has shifted.

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