Middle East Focus: “Iran says Persian Gulf Stable, Civilized……………..”

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“Iran says Persian Gulf Stable, Civilized……………..”

“Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says there is no security threat in the Persian Gulf area, adding that the countries in the region have cordial relations. Ahmadinejad said on Friday that "extra-regional states are trying to portray the Persian Gulf as unstable in order to take control of the region. This is while what they fear from is the underlying civilization and culture of the region." The Iranian president made the remark during a conference marking 'the National Day of the Persian Gulf ' on the island of Kish………..” Press TV (Iranian)

Ahamadinejad is playing the Iranian nationalist card. If that is sincere, it may mean he is not the fatalistic end--of-the-world type that some in the West claim to fear and some actually fear.

Stable? If he means no cross-border war, in some ways it is and will continue to be, given the standoff between the two powers in the Gulf, the USA and Iran. The Persian-American Gulf will remain in a stable state of peaceful cold war, with American and Iranian forces each keeping to their side of the Gulf.
Civilized? That is all in the eye of the beholder………
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