Comments by "" (@TheArklyte) on "When will Turkey develop the bomb?" video.

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  3. Lol. Being muslim =/= liking and helping other muslims. Heck, saudis hate Iran more then Israel does. Why? Because they're competing! Same goes for the defense pacts. Pakistan is a chinese ally(to backstab India in case of Indian-Chinese war), Iran is indian and russian ally(to counter Pakistan), Saudi Arabia is american ally(and ironically so also an ally of Israel. Yes, they're on the brink of war, they hate each other, but technically they're allies through USA. Not to mention that they make billions through trade with each other while publicly calling each other abominations to be eradicated). And the prize in that competition? Being de facto leader of all muslims in the world. That title is kind of a big deal. Imagine US losing the image of the main "western country"? Yes, trillions of dollars are gained and depend on upholding such an image alone. And here's the thing. While all compete for muslim primacy, they also uphold nationalistic views of population to keep themselves independent from others. Saudi speak about arab brotherhood, Iran calls back to persian roots, Pakistan views itself as the only true descendant of all things that ever was great in India and Turkey is going for osmanic legacy claim. Not arabic, mind you! And they all view themselves as ONLY rightfull rulers of unified Middle East. A culturaly and historically impossible, but so lucrative new superpower that could easily overshadow Russia and be actually recognised as serious competitor by US and China(the fact that it won't just be a summ of all statistics and parameters of all ME states, but be a much weaker state doesn't come to minds of most people).
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