The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 203
The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order i. e. the leader of the Wahabi Sect, that if they agree to accept British hegemony in the area permanently and agree to the fonnation of their foreign policy with the consent of the British government - and several other conditions - then the British government would help this dynasty and install it in power in the land of Hijaz and would pennanently protect them against any possible aggression. With this agreement in place, a pre-planned attack was launched within a few years and the Sheriff of Mecca was ousted. So, in the period of 1915-1917, on the one hand Sheriff of Mecca was getting one kind of signal and so also were the opponents of the Sheriff of Mecca, and on the other hand Russia, Britain and France had entered into a tripartite agreement to divide up the Ottoman Empire and designated the areas so divided which were to be occupied by the Russians, the British and the French, respectively. In addition to that, there was another Anglo-French, agreement to divide and gobble up the Arab lands. Therefore, under this plan, that part of the world was to come under the domination of three Super Powers. Russian influence in the Arab lands was not provided for in these plans. Arab lands were agreed to be subjected to Anglo-French monopoly. The subsequent wars and the role played by these two nations in this area is easy to understand now in retrospect. THE MYSTERY: THE RICHEST LAND BUT THE MOST POORLY DEFENDED Now, when we analyze the current situation from this perspective, various motives and objectives are quite easy to see through. Before advancing it any further, I would like to touch upon a mystery which is deeply connected to these issues. One would not expect two things to happen but they did happen. For one thing, the Middle East is the richest part of the globe and 60 % of the world oil production comes from here, but in spile of that it is the weakest part of the globe as far as self-defence is concerned. It is also the weakest in regard to the industrial growth as well. So what is this puzzle, what is this mystery? Why is there no guard standing over these mountains of riches. In a bank where there are just a few bricks of gold, strict security arrangements are made. But in this part of the world there are literally mountains of gold that are accumulating and despite that, from the military point of view, there is a vacuum in this area. Whatever 203