A group of American congressmen has introduced a bill to withdraw American troops and missile defense systems from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The reason is that these two countries have joined OPEC’s decision to reduce oil production. In the West, this is perceived as a non-aligned move at a time when Europe needs to wean itself off Russian energy resources and compensate with increased supplies from other regions.
But how do we assess all this? Although tactically it may not be great for those involved in the fight against racism, strategically it is an inevitable and positive process. Despite the Kremlin’s attempts to distort it, the struggle against Russia today is not about a unipolar world dominated by the United States. And Muslims in particular cannot rely on the Americans at the center of their world. Many did not expect the Americans to leave Afghanistan, but eventually they did. And as we wrote then, we are ready to repeat it now.
This happened not only because of the Taliban’s resilience and successes on the battlefields, but also because, through negotiations with them and an assessment of the situation, the Americans realized that continuing to fight to preserve their puppets in Afghanistan was unjustified and that it would be better for them to leave. The withdrawal of the Americans from Afghanistan had two advantages — first, a Muslim country got rid of their occupation, and second, they freed up forces to fight on the European front. We wrote about this in the spring — as the West withdraws from other regions, it consolidates internally and focuses on threats to itself.
What are the main threats to the West? They are China and Russia. Moreover, the distribution is such that if China is mainly an economic threat, Russia has taken on the ungrateful role of a military-political threat. As for us Muslims in general and those living in Greater Europe in particular, we are interested in two things in the context of this confrontation.
1. We want the Muslim world to be free of an occupying power without being replaced by another one. In other words, it is important that Russia and China do not take the place of the United States in the UAE and KSA. But Russia is clearly not interested in this at the moment — and from this point of view it is a plus in the current situation. China, in principle, wants to enter economically rather than militarily. Therefore, there is now an opportunity for Muslim countries to start creating their own regional security structures.
2. We want to eliminate the Russian threat to Greater Europe, which means that after its defeat, new states must emerge in its place, which will be able to be independent in it. Perhaps this process will not be immediate and will require transitional periods and forms, but the direction is already clear — with the emergence of a format like Greater Europe, the importance of such a superstructure as Russia simply disappears. So, in the long run, we can only welcome everyone who occupies their own niche: Rome — Roma, and the Muslim world — Dar al-Islam. Semi-West and semi-East in the face of Russia are no longer needed.