by MEMRI
He said that Iran's intervention has created anarchy in the region and he criticized Iraqi, Lebanese, and Yemeni leaders for "whining" about Israeli intervention in Arab countries even though it is they who have empowered Iran to destroy the region
Saudi
strategic expert Muhammad Al-Qabiban said in an August 29, 2019
interview on Al-Sumaria TV (Iraq) that Israel has the right to defend
itself and its borders from Iranian "lackeys" like Hizbullah. He said
that Iran's intervention has created anarchy in the region and he
criticized Iraqi, Lebanese, and Yemeni leaders for "whining" about
Israeli intervention in Arab countries even though it is they who have
empowered Iran to destroy the region under the pretext of the Islamic
revolution. Al-Qabiban pointed out that none of the Shiite militias in
the Arab countries have attacked Israel, and he said that they want to
destroy Arab countries for sectarian and economic reasons. He referred
to Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah as a joke, and he said that Iran is
behind the spread of political Islam in the region. He said that Iran
has turned Lebanon into a "garbage" country, a comment to which Lebanese
political commentator Faysal Abdel Sater, who was also on the show,
angrily responded by saying that Saudi Arabia is the garbage country
because it does not know the meaning of honor.
Following are excerpts:
Muhammad Al-Qabiban: Has
Israel picked up the phone and called the Arab League or the GCC and
asked for their permission to strike [Hizbullah]? No! It encountered
weak countries that are lackeys of Iran and that have flung themselves
into the arms of Iran, and it wanted to protect its borders. In my
opinion, [Israel] has the right to protect its borders. The flagrant
Iranian intervention in the Arab regions has thrown the region into
chaos, and this has enabled Israel to do what it likes in the region. In
the meanwhile, the Arab leaders are whining: "Israel attacked us and
interfered in our affairs." These Arab leaders in Iraq, Lebanon, and
Yemen have forgotten that it was they who allowed [Iran] to destroy the
region under the pretext that it is an Islamic country that wants to
export the revolution and under the pretext that it supports Muslims in
[other] countries. I think that the region is in an unprecedented state
of anarchy.
[…]
What
do we see? We see that these [Shiite militias] strive to destroy the
Arab countries from sectarian and economic perspectives. They have not
sent a single plane against Israel. Look at that joke from Lebanon…
[Nasrallah] said: "By Allah, we downed the [Israeli] drones by throwing
gravel." What an insult to one's intelligence! And they call him "The Leader of the Resistance"…
[…]
Saudi
Arabia wants stability for the region. There is an obvious proxy war in
the region between Iran and Saudi Arabia. But who started all this?
Which country interfered and supported groups that espouse political
Islam? Which country supported [Shiite] groups in Qatif? Which country
carried out bombings in Mecca? Which country tried to disrupt the hajj and called for it to be run internationally? Who are the ones who go on a hajj
and do things there in order to distort the image of Saudi Arabia?
Which country is doing this? Which country is trying to bomb ports?
Which country is constantly making threats to close the Strait [of
Hormuz]? Which country sends drones to a distance of 1,200 kilometers in
order to attack the Shaybah oil field? Is it the Yemenis? Even if you
explain to a Yemeni a million times how to make a Pepsi can, he wouldn't
know how.
[…]
The
"resistance" has turned Lebanon into a country of – excuse me for the
word – garbage. Iran has brought Lebanon to a state in which it cannot
even get rid of its trash. Lebanon has started taking [money] out of
people's pensions. Was Lebanon ever in this state before the Iranian
intervention? They should shut up, fix their country, and only then talk
about other countries!
[…]
Faysal Abdel Sater: No
one in the entire world – not even the Saudi king himself – is allowed
to call Lebanon a "garbage" country. It is [Saudi Arabia] that is a
garbage country because they have no honor. If they had any… Excuse me,
let me finish! He insulted Lebanon!
Host: But it's a political problem…
Faysal Abdel Sater: No,
he insulted Lebanon. He said that Lebanon is a garbage country. Saudi
Arabia is a garbage country, and they do not know the meaning of honor.
MEMRI
Source: https://www.memri.org/tv/saudi-strategic-expert-qabiban-israel-has-right-defend-borders-hizbullah-iran-lebanon-garbage-yemen
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