Middle East Wars – Technology's Triumph Over Ideology BY Ismail Abdallah

03:06 AM March, 06 2026

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In the First and Second Gulf Wars, Ba'athist ideology was defeated. Before that, the idea of ​​Arab nationalism was defeated in the Six-Day War. Today, the ideology of the “black turbans” has been overthrown. The common denominator in the defeat of Arab nationalist and sectarian ideologies is technological superiority. Spending on scientific research and technological development in Israel ranges from 4.7% to 6.3% of its GDP, while spending on scientific research in Arab countries is less than 1% of GDP. Imagine, my Arab and Muslim friends, the vast gap between Israel and the Arab and Islamic countries in this vital area for the progress of nations. This technological superiority necessarily extends to the military sphere of these countries. All the wars in the Middle East have proven that the decisive factor in victory is technology, not ideology, as is evident and observable. The Supreme Leader's calls for God to destroy USA and Israel (The Great Satan) and for him to meet his demise were of no avail. As a result of a single click from remote control rooms, by the hands of young women barely thirty years old serving their country's army with science, not religious dogma, the nationalist regimes and peoples who made “Nasser” their symbol, could not withstand the scientific advancements of their adversaries. After these repeated defeats, will the Middle East finally awaken to its state of technological backwardness؟ And will imams and preachers finally shed the antiquated rhetoric of the Abbasid and Umayyad eras؟
In Sudan, after the Muslim Brotherhood seized power, they mobilized the people to fight the (American tyrant), as they claimed. However, a decade into their rule, the Americans bombed them with cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea. The air defenses of the Brotherhood-controlled state were unable to determine the source or type of the strike—whether it was a missile or a warplane. This is the way of ideological regimes that sell illusions to their people, convincing them that they are protected by divine authority. Saddam Hussein did the same when he wrote "God is Great" on the Iraqi flag, believing it would be enough to repel the American attack on the night Baghdad fell. Our media portrayed Saddam, who had launched dozens of missiles at Israel, as invincible and that the Zionist entity was on the verge of collapse. We were utterly disillusioned when he was captured inside a (ruined lizard's burrow). The same thing happened less than a week ago: the Iranian Supreme Leader, revered by millions, was found dead under the rubble of a collapsed building in Tehran. Many Muslims do not read the biography of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), who said, "You are more knowledgeable about the affairs of your world," and so they abandoned him. They neglected worldly affairs and focused their efforts solely on religious matters, which led to a series of repeated defeats. Prayers alone are insufficient to defeat the enemy; only preparation for the day of war is necessary. The former Sudanese president once defied the International Criminal Court before the masses, and today he lives as a fugitive in the very cities where he once addressed them from his lofty perch.
Technology has triumphed over the ideology of the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist, just as it previously defeated the ideology of Arab Ba'athism – the "one nation with an eternal message" slogan. Many countries have developed nuclear bombs, yet none have faced the same fate as Iran. This is because the regime of the Supreme Leader (Iran) openly declared its hostility, chanting "Death to America" ​​and "Annihilation of the American-backed entity." Even more dangerously, Iran has proven its unworthiness to possess nuclear weapons after its blatant aggression against its neighbors with ballistic missiles. Had it acquired weapons of mass destruction, it would undoubtedly have unleashed them on countries that share its faith and geographically border it. Therefore, the technological superiority achieved by Iran's neighbors has been a blessing for the peoples of the region. The experience of this war will compel those targeted by the bombardment to unite and set aside their petty differences to prepare to confront the monster coming from the east. A joint army equipped with advanced technology is an absolute necessity, one that cannot be compromised. Victory belongs to defense industries capable of repelling attacks professionally, while defeat and retreat await those who heed the fatwas of misguided clerics. And the charlatans and religious fanatics, who drug people with the perfect words of God and act contrary to what the Prophet of the nation guided them to, who began his call secretly, then after he grew strong he announced it, then he sent the armies of conquest after he had mastered the technology of that time, with the help of the experts of the era at that time, such as “Salman the Persian” and others who had their own crafts.

Ismail Abdallah
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