[[{"content_id":"349472","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"114","user_id":"44","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Rodney Shakespeare told Qodsna:\r\n\r\nTurkey, an opportunist country in its relation","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2020-12-12 11:57:16","content_summary":"Turkey is being opportunistic as also is its cooperation with Israel.\u00a0 In the long run, a reputation for opportunism means that a country cannot be trusted. Turkey\u2019s backing of Azerbaijan (armed by Israel) is really a manifestation of Erdogan\u2019s ambition to be a more powerful player in the West Asia region, the British political expert said.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":"Qodsna (Tehran) – Speaking with Qods News Agency about recent developments in the region including the potential reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Qatar and its impacts, British Middle East affairs expert, Rodney Shakespeare said “the blockade was typically Saudi combining viciousness with incompetence.  But, from the start, it was doomed to fail because Qatar is a rich state with a big American military base and has strong Turkish support as well as good relations with Iran.  The failure is yet another reminder that the actual Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman is an egregious mixture of personal instability and strategic muddle.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nCalling it a failure for Saudi Arabia and its regional partners, Rodney Shakespeare noted that “The Americans and Zionists, of course, are claiming that the apparent reconciliation represents a weakening of the relationship between Qatar and Iran.  However, nothing could be further from the truth – the reconciliation is simply the end of unnecessary problems engendered by Saudi viciousness and incompetence.  In particular, the strengthened ties between Qatar and Iran (which resulted from the blockade) will remain.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHe also talked about the Turkish policies in the region, describing the country as an opportunist in its relations.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“In seeking to form coordination between the Takfiri movement and the Muslim Brotherhood, Turkey is being opportunistic as also is its cooperation with Israel.  In the long run, a reputation for opportunism means that a country cannot be trusted. Turkey’s backing of Azerbaijan (armed by Israel) is really a manifestation of Erdogan’s ambition to be a more powerful player in the West Asia region.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nShakespeare further explained about the possible coordination between the Takfiri movement and the Muslim Brotherhood and stressed: “Any connection with the Takfiri is dishonorable and rather like trying to cooperate with a cobra – you get bitten.  The Muslim Brotherhood is unwise to try coordination with the Takfiri and is apparently losing any clear sense of what it should be fighting for.  It is time that the Brotherhood clarified the situation.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe British political expert then asserted that the resistance movement needs to reinforce itself with new initiatives.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“At present internecine rivalries and antagonisms in the West Asia region enable Zionism and the West to manipulate states and exert overall control.  This will continue until the region has a clear, strong purpose that can not only unify Sunni and Shia but also provide justice for the masses. The resistance movement must urgently produce major new economic and political thinking or it will always be on the defensive rather than spreading justice anew,” he said.","content_html":"

Qodsna (Tehran) – Speaking with Qods News Agency about recent developments in the region including the potential reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Qatar and its impacts, British Middle East affairs expert, Rodney Shakespeare said “the blockade was typically Saudi combining viciousness with incompetence.  But, from the start, it was doomed to fail because Qatar is a rich state with a big American military base and has strong Turkish support as well as good relations with Iran.  The failure is yet another reminder that the actual Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman is an egregious mixture of personal instability and strategic muddle.”<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Calling it a failure for Saudi Arabia and its regional partners, Rodney Shakespeare noted that “The Americans and Zionists, of course, are claiming that the apparent reconciliation represents a weakening of the relationship between Qatar and Iran.  However, nothing could be further from the truth – the reconciliation is simply the end of unnecessary problems engendered by Saudi viciousness and incompetence.  In particular, the strengthened ties between Qatar and Iran (which resulted from the blockade) will remain.”<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He also talked about the Turkish policies in the region, describing the country as an opportunist in its relations.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“In seeking to form coordination between the Takfiri movement and the Muslim Brotherhood, Turkey is being opportunistic as also is its cooperation with Israel.  In the long run, a reputation for opportunism means that a country cannot be trusted. Turkey’s backing of Azerbaijan (armed by Israel) is really a manifestation of Erdogan’s ambition to be a more powerful player in the West Asia region.”<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Shakespeare further explained about the possible coordination between the Takfiri movement and the Muslim Brotherhood and stressed: “Any connection with the Takfiri is dishonorable and rather like trying to cooperate with a cobra – you get bitten.  The Muslim Brotherhood is unwise to try coordination with the Takfiri and is apparently losing any clear sense of what it should be fighting for.  It is time that the Brotherhood clarified the situation.”<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The British political expert then asserted that the resistance movement needs to reinforce itself with new initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“At present internecine rivalries and antagonisms in the West Asia region enable Zionism and the West to manipulate states and exert overall control.  This will continue until the region has a clear, strong purpose that can not only unify Sunni and Shia but also provide justice for the masses. The resistance movement must urgently produce major new economic and political thinking or it will always be on the defensive rather than spreading justice anew,” he said.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2020-12-12 11:57:16","content_date_finish":"2020-12-12 11:57:16","content_date_register":"2020-12-12 12:01:11","content_date_last_edit":"2020-12-12 12:01:11","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1044204034","attach_date_register":"2020-12-12 12:01:09","attach_id":"482371","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"390","attach_img_height":"250","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"228","visit_date_last":"2025-05-10 17:52:58","attach_title":"Rodney Shakespeare told Qodsna:\n\nTurkey, an opportunist country in its relation 2","node_title":"news,Top news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53},{\"node_id\":143, \"left\":47, \"right\":48}]"}]]