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Really? Then we have little dictators in both of us. In all seriousness, who does not have that sometimes? Well, don't misunderstand me. I don't hate Qataris. In fact I don't hate any people since it is irrational and against common sense to hate a whole people. Islam also forbids this and I might not be a hardcore Muslim or very conservative but I try to follow the basics to my best abilities and I consider myself a Muslim obviously.
Basically I just don't like their government/rulers nor their foreign policy. I don't like the spoilt Khaleeji Arabs of Kuwait or Qatar either. Especially those two. Emiratis are a friendly bunch and I should not insult family members since I have a older sister that is married to a half Emirati gentleman that lives in the UK and in Dubai.
Another thing is that I don't see the historical justification for Qatar being Qatar. It is a new creation. It was part of the ancient Dilmun civilization (5000-45000 years old) and had trading ties to the Sumerians not far away and some other ancient civilizations of the region but they were never a separate entity. I mean it is such a small area and sparsely inhabited that it could never have been a separate entity although we cannot know for a certainty.
At least Bahrain has a ancient history of being Bahrain (Greater Bahrain region etc.).
But countries like Kuwait, UAE and Qatar? Not so much.
Yemen for instance has one of the most ancient histories of the world and Oman has an ancient history as well and was a recent colonial power with lands in what is now Pakistan, the Middle East and Eastern Africa. So they controlled land on 3 continents.
Jordan and Iraq also have their own ancient Semitic histories mainly.
But Qatar, UAE and Kuwait? Not so much. They have an old history as well and ancient one as every country of our ancient ME region but not as separate entities.
Do you know what I am feeling/referring to/trying so say here? I just don't feel that they should exist. This might sound insane but I can't help it.
I know a few Ethiopians and they feel the same about a country like Eritrea (new one too) and Djibouti. They should not be there simply.
Basically look at it this way. Qatar is existing only thanks to their royal family (rulers) who emigrated from what is now Nejd centuries ago and settled in what is now Qatar where they mostly lived off trade, seafaring with the famous Arab dhow boats and pearl trade. Qatar probably did not have more than 50.000 inhabitants 100 years ago. In the Arab world nearly every region, town etc. was ruled by a certain family, clan, tribe etc. In Qatar it was the Al-Thani family who belong to the greater Banu Tamim tribe that has millions of members across the Arab world from Morocco to Oman. So they claimed rule of what is now Qatar and when the British colonized what is now Qatar they used the Al-Thani clan as their vassals because no colonizers can rule without the help of locals. When the British left in 1971 the Al-Thani family proclaimed themselves independent and Qatar was born. And here 42 years later we are here.
Qatar being the richest country per capita with the second or third biggest gas reserves and a little annoying Peninsula that is trying to punch WAY above its weight. Basically they are doing close to everything opposite of what KSA is doing in terms of foreign policy. They are very pro MB for instance which KSA, Kuwait, Oman and UAE are against. This annoys us. Many other things that we should not mention here. But it is not all Saudi Arabians or other Arabs that feel this way but if you ask the Egyptian users here they will be against Qatar. But if you ask Arabs that like the MB they will hail Qatar as the next big thing. Basically it all comes down to their foreign policy, meddling and them trying to punch WAY above their weight.
Yeah, I know. But think about it for a second. We obviously can't troll in real life in our miserable academic life where everything must be serious otherwise you are screwed nor can we do it on other forums because we quickly get banned. Here on the other hand we get a timeout and get allowed to regress to a young and innocent age of trolling when it suits us.
But in all honesty then there have been many serious and knowledgeable discussions in the past so it is not all doomed. But close to it many times, at least on this section.
Yeah, exactly. As I remembered.
Well, I don't agree with Iran being a fully puppet or KSA being that now. Both counties had their own policies and were also against the West at some point and worked against them openly. Those are facts. I am against calling that being puppets because then every ally of US is a puppet including all of Europe.
I would rather say that we are US allies and that the US, being the sole superpower that it is and way, way stronger than us, have a certain influence. But not to the point that they even dictate most of the issues which they clearly don't and never had. Same with Iran under the Shah.
Anyway it surprises me that you are pro- current Iran regime. That surprises me. Never thought that.
Sorry for the essay. I hope that I am not trolling now or contradicting myself. It's getting late.
