More than one Emirati lesson
Written by\ Sawsan Al-Shaer
SMA NEWS – ADEN THE CAPITAL
Lesson One: Classifying the Houthi group as a terrorist group is a proposal submitted by the United Arab Emirates to the Security Council, which was voted on unanimously. Neither Russia refused, nor the United States rejected, nor did Britain have a veto. Prior to this proposal, the UAE refrained from condemning Russia in a previous session devoted to condemning it against the backdrop of its invasion of Ukraine. Russia exchanged it for service, and it did not object to the designation of Al-Houthi as a terrorist, as usual. It is true that al-Houthi does not import their weapons, but Iran smuggles it to them. However, this classification will raise international pressure on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arab coalition in dealing with this terrorist group. To show us how much the mutual interests between countries play in issuing judgments and classifications, and that the matter is not due to good or evil, white or black, good and evil, injustice and justice, but rather to intelligent pragmatism that knows where the shoulder is eaten. The second lesson: We learned how to play the game, we learned to include their interests in bargaining, and this is what we have avoided doing for a long time, thinking that it is a defect and bad manners, taking advantage of the time when everyone needs the approval of the UAE and Saudi Arabia to take each side on their side in the European war. This is how we must deal with the international community, whether we like it or not, not permanent alliances, but interests that we can guide alone and according to which we take our steps. The story of fascination, admiration, and blind trust in everything that is Western, and the shame of playing rough with them, or keeping up with them only to gain their approval and admiration for us and give us reports with which we decorate our walls that we are a civilized country has ended, revealed and no longer has an impact, today we have to define our interests and based on them build our positions this is Handbook for the international community. The UAE knew how to make use of the needs of others in a way that serves the Arab coalition, not only it, and this is what should teach us a lesson that we can all be united to force those who have interests with us to take into account these interests against their will. We have a lot of cards in our hands, but we did not dare to use them before in our negotiations or even in the negotiations concerning our region, but it is time to link the interests of those planning this region with us and use what we have of papers without hesitation or fear. Your peoples are with you, so why hesitate?
