Aimen Dean
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Author (Nine Lives, My time as MI6 spy inside Al-Qaeda), Ex banker, Ex spy, @MHConflicted .. Supreme Leader of the “Fraternity of Labelled Incoherent Pawns”
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A Tale of Two Palestinian Cities. Some were outraged when I stated earlier that we, as Gulf Arabs, no longer wish to destroy our nations and futures for a cause that, for 70 years, has brought us nothing but terrorism, accusations, betrayal, and alliances with our enemies. The moment we say: “We want to live,” we are branded Zionists. By who? By people sitting comfortably in Malaysia, Pakistan, Indonesia, the West - sipping lattes and tweeting from safe homes - demanding we fight and die for their version of solidarity. So let me show you two realities. The first video is from Gaza, April 2025 - 18 months into a war that never needed to happen. There was no prior Israeli provocation, no bombing campaign, no invasion leading up to October 7. Things were improving. Israel was issuing 22,000 daily work permits for Gazans, and negotiations were underway - with Saudi mediation - for improving Gaza’s conditions in exchange for moderation. Then Hamas, acting on behalf of Iran, blew it all up. October 7 wasn’t resistance. It was sabotage. A completely unnecessary massacre - not for Palestinian liberation, but to derail Saudi-Israeli normalization and regional peace. It was Tehran’s agenda, paid in Palestinian blood. The second video is from the Palestinian capital, Ramallah, also April 2025 - the ICON Mall grand opening. Music. Dancing. Luxury stores. BMWs pulling in. Palestinians celebrating as if Gaza were on another continent. No outrage. No mourning. Just luxury shopping and selfies. If they, the fellow Palestinians, aren’t standing in the rubble, why are we told we must? Let’s also get this straight: Gaza has been “free” since 2005. The siege? It started in 2007, after Hamas took power by killing 300 fellow Palestinians (PA Police) and throwing them off rooftops. Since then, Israel still gave out work permits. Egypt, on the other hand, kept the Rafah border completely sealed. Even during the war’s worst days, Egypt wouldn’t open it - barely for aid, not for refugees. Not one work permit. Nothing. If Gaza was truly a prison, why didn’t Hamas break out through Egypt? Why always toward Israel? Because Egypt would shoot - not negotiate. But you won’t see the usual online “activists” blaming Cairo. No. It’s always easier to guilt-trip the Gulf Countries. So no - we will not join your death cult. We will not die for the cause while Ramallah dances and Cairo locks the gate. And to all the comfortable, self-righteous voices screaming “solidarity”: shut the fuck up and go die in Gaza yourselves if you care that much. Don’t lecture us from safety. Don’t demand sacrifice from others while you live off hashtags. If the people of Ramallah aren’t bothered - if their own fellow Palestinians can dance on the same day others die - why the hell should we? Spare us the pious performative grief. We’ve seen through it. The cause was hijacked long ago by ye Ayatollahs of Tehran - and we are done dying for other people’s delusions.
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One tired whataboutery I keep getting: “But Gaza was under total blockade! No flights, no airport, no port!” Dear reader - let me spell it out. Gaza wasn’t some dystopian “open-air prison” before Oct 7. Go on YouTube. Malls. Beaches. Fancy cafés. Weddings. Luxury homes. It looked more like a third-tier Mediterranean resort than a war zone. There are parts of Detroit that look worse. But here’s the inconvenient truth: since 2007, Gaza’s been ruled by Hamas, a globally designated terrorist group. Not a government. Not even close. A militia that, alongside PIJ, carried out 116 suicide bombings between 1994–2005, killing 735 civilians and injuring over 4,500. That’s not “resistance.” That’s terrorism, textbook edition. Now pay attention: In my autobiography, I detail how Hamas operatives were being trained by al-Qaeda in Afghanistan as early as 1992. By 1999, they took back with them the TATP mass-production method (a notoriously powerful explosive), and from 2000–2004, turned Gaza into a suicide bomb factory. The carnage? Predictable. And deliberate. Still want to talk airports and seaports? Let’s be serious. IATA won’t authorize flights into a terrorist-run territory. IMO won’t touch its ports. Insurers won’t underwrite jack. No government, no regulation, no safety, no logistics. And yes, even if Israel said “sure, open up”, nobody sane would fly or sail there. And this was all with a blockade in place. Imagine the arms smuggling, the Iranian shipments, the chemical precursors, the heavy weapons, all flowing freely if there wasn’t a blockade. Hamas was already digging up EU-funded water pipes and turning them into rocket launchers. With a shipping lane and airstrip? You think they’d open up a Zara and a Starbucks? If Hamas really cared, they could’ve renounced terrorism like others did, look Syria’s new leadership. Renounce violence and terror and all doors will be open! Israel left Gaza in 2005. No one wanted to stay. But as always, the Palestinians - bless them - never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. They chose tunnels over infrastructure. Rockets over schools. Martyrdom over medicine. So, no. The blockade wasn’t some arbitrary cruelty. It was global consequence. Because when you act like terrorists, the world treats you like terrorists. Simple.
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👑In Defence of Crowns: Why Monarchies Work When Republics Don’t (in the Middle East)👑 Since the very first episode of Conflicted dropped in February 2019, I have remained consistent - unwavering, even - in my argument that monarchies, not republics, are the political form best suited to deliver what the people of the Middle East need most: stability, security, prosperity, law and order, and gradual, steady doses of modernity. Not shock therapy. Not utopian dreams. Just sustainable progress. Over the years, some asked if my views would evolve. They haven’t. Why? Because reality hasn’t changed. In fact, if anything, it keeps reinforcing the very foundation of my argument: that monarchies, especially in the Arabian Peninsula, have delivered results that the republics - whether democratic, autocratic, military-run, or theocratic - have utterly failed to produce. 💀 Republics and Their Repeated Collapse Let’s not mince words. The modern history of republics in the Middle East is a cemetery of failed experiments: •Democratic republics? Iraq and Lebanon say hello from their permanent state of paralysis. •Autocratic ones? Syria and Egypt have shown us what stagnation wrapped in military boots looks like. •Theocratic nightmares? Look no further than Iran, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, or Houthi Yemen. •Militarized pseudo-states? Sudan and Libya are cautionary tales of warlords cosplaying governance. All of them - without exception - have failed so spectacularly that one must consider rewriting the very definition of “failure” just to contain their downfall. And no, it’s not about oil. Algeria, Iraq, Iran, and even Yemen are resource-rich. Yet natural resources alone did nothing to spare them from the whirlpools of dysfunction. This is not a resource issue. It’s a governance issue. 👑 Enter the Monarchies - The “Royal Zone” Now contrast that with the so-called “Royal Zone” - the Gulf monarchies. Yes, they’re not perfect. But perfection isn’t the metric - durability, adaptability, and performance are. •The average age of ruling dynasties in the Gulf is 300 years. That’s not luck; that’s endurance. •Their track records? Top of the regional HDI rankings, consistent improvements in infrastructure, health, education, and economic diversification - while maintaining societal cohesion. •These monarchies have achieved the holy grail of Middle Eastern governance: a synthesis of the four necessary forces that shape this region - faith, tribe, economic modernity, and science. Republics - of all stripes - almost always exclude one or more of these elements. Theocrats abandon science and economics. Militaries suffocate modernity. Secular autocrats and liberal democrats often dismiss tribe and faith - at their peril. Only the monarchies have figured out how to balance the contradictions. They provide a system that evolves, adapts, and delivers - without pretending to reinvent society overnight. 🧠 It’s the Sociology, Stupid The Middle East is not Western Europe. It’s a region where tribe and religion still define identity, loyalty, and legitimacy. Republics - especially imported ones - fail to acknowledge this, let alone accommodate it. But monarchies? They understand it viscerally. They embody it. They institutionalize it. And then - crucially - they temper it with technocrats, scientific advisors, and pragmatic policies. The result? A hybrid system that may seem alien to Western theorists but makes absolute sense on the ground. And no, that’s not apologism - that’s anthropology. 📽️ So Why Do I Support an Uprising in Iran, But Not in KSA or UAE? Simple. If it ain’t broke - don’t fix it. The Islamic Republic of Iran is broken, top to bottom. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait - are they perfect? Of course not. But they are functioning, reforming, and progressing. You don’t burn down a building just because the paint is peeling. And that’s the heart of my position: Monarchies are not sacred, but they are proven.
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