that the Sunnis regained their posture, the Ottomans came in. But then again, 500 years later, you in the early 1500s, you see the rise of the Suflid Empire as, you know, a major rival to the to the Ottomans. And it was a Shiite Empire centered in Iran. 500 years later, roughly in 1979, you see the rise of Islamic Republic of Iran. Now, the Iranians know their history. Okay, they look at this, the Iranian strategists look at this and say, this is an opportunity that's not going to come again. And we have to exploit it to the maximum. Right now, the Sunni world, the Arab world is weak. And our only competitor is Turkey. But this time, unlike in the past, it's us who dominate Syria and Iraq, not the Turks. And we'd like to keep it that way. And therefore, this what I'm saying is this is important for them. And you have to also bear in mind that Iran is an anomaly in the region from a sectarian point of view, and from an ethnic identity point of view. The Middle East is Arab majority. (60/99)
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