A prominent political analyst insists that the US seeks a “creative chaos” situation in the Middle East in efforts to perpetually reap financial benefits from the weakened region.To further discuss the matter, Press TV has conducted an interview with Hayyan Haidar, a Middle East expert in Beirut.
The following is an approximate transcription of the interview.
Press TV: Your perspective with what our guest in Washington, Mr. [Webster G.] Tarpley, has just said, that the United States prefer it to be a total chaotic situation than to have the country turned over to another entity. What’s your take on that? Do you think it is in the United States’ interests right now for the country to be in chaos?
Haidar: I quite agree with our colleague from Washington, especially about al-Qaeda coming into Yemen, like you said that they created it over there and it looks quite obvious.
Since September 11, let’s go back to the origin of what is called “terrorism”, since September 11, we know that out of the suspects of the conflicts, 20-22, most were Yemenis, some of them Saudis as well.
And we asked them who took, in the first place, bin Laden to Afghanistan under another umbrella in the 80s? -And this is what happened now.
Who bombed the USS Cole in the Yemeni seas before the US entered Iraq in 2003?
But, I have to go back to what President Bush said about create chaos – I mean the Bush administration, not him alone – and this is one very clear aspect of it.
And I’m afraid there’s another aspect they are trying to introduce like what’s happening in Iraq, they are trying to have it in Syria as well.
This is a very clear example of what’s going on there.
The Yemenis are looking at a sort of referendum. Even the numbers, it’s like an insult to human intelligence. You talk about a referendum or elections, but there is only one candidate.
Press TV: What exactly does it mean now for the people in Yemen? If this really is the policy that is being implemented in Yemen by the United States, what exactly is next for the people in Yemen? Where do they stand at this point in time?
Haidar: I have to go back to what has been said so far from our colleagues in Washington and London. I apologize about the numbers. Maybe the numbers were 18 for the Saudis and the rest for the Yemenis.
But anyway, the bulk of whatever was called “terrorism” was from these two countries.
Second, I feel that the US is quite at ease with the creative chaos in the area.
Mr. Qubaty, I don’t agree that they want the good and well-being of the Yemeni people. They are getting out of the Arabian Peninsula. Don’t forget that.
Since they control it after they’ve had this hegemony of 20 years all over the world with their economies and their policies, etc, now is the time for them to get out. It’s sort of revenge.
They put the whole area into chaos and they hope that they will come back when the financial situation allows them to do more military ventures here or there in the area.
They don’t really care about the welfare of the Yemeni people or of the rest.
But I would like to look at the Yemeni people. You said this was a transition period of two years for this new president. I remind you that there has already been a year-plus which has went into real big turmoil, fighting and killing.
The Yemeni people have really paid a big, big price for what has happened, for change to happen. And change didn’t happen!
In fact, just today and yesterday there were killings just next to the palace of al-Mukalla in south Yemen. And I would like to ask you who is at the head of the Republican Guards? If it’s Mr. Ahmed, who is the son of Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the rest of them are still all over there, and three years plus that are to go on after the so-called Yemeni revolution, it is almost the term of the US president which is four years.
So, three years is already a big time for the revolution to take place, to make the necessary changes in this.
And I have my own theory which I have experienced in Lebanon after 30 years, and we’ve had the Taif [Agreement], if you remember a new constitution in 1989…we’re still fighting all over the place.
I say, in Yemen, in Lebanon, all over the place, you don’t have the right to give the problems, to delay these problems to the coming up generations. You should solve them now. What you’re doing now, you’re buying some peace but the kids of your kids will pay for it if you don’t solve the problem now.
GMA/MB

February 26, 2012 
































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