The White House Qibla and Historic Visits Outside Geography

jordan pulse : By Dr. Rashed Al-Shashani
Not for the beauty of their eyes, but for the grimness of their fate...
A conflicting web of 'historic visits,' as they call them—to Washington out of fear (or rather, 'love'), and to other capitals out of spite. If we begin with Macron’s visit to Syria, we can understand the erratic maneuvers through which Macron is attempting to block Trump’s path—a Trump who only praises someone to trap them. This stems from Macron's perpetual anxiety over a 'conjugal punch,' which manifests as random, futile actions. One only needs to look at the omen of this visit, which was disrupted by a small faction squabbling over gains after the conflict shifted from checkpoints to political offices.
As for the Iraqi Prime Minister’s visit to Washington, it amounted to nothing more than inflating Trump’s ecstasy as he showcases to the world the significance of the gifts brought by his 'pilgrims.' The matter did not stop there; Al-Zaidi utilized a reservoir of confidence that does not even exist to speak of a final deadline for disarming factions—a gamble that can only be described as reckless, and one that even Trump himself did not dare demand from him.
The phenomenon of offering unrequested, excessive concessions just to 'win favor' is a familiar script in the region's politics. It became glaringly obvious during the fall of past regimes, when the flimsiness of supporting powers—which burned through the lives and livelihoods of the region's peoples—was exposed, just before they discovered the idol-like nature of their own fears in a 'night that yielded no dawn.'
However, the game that displayed the greatest amount of 'clever maneuvering' was the Lebanese Prime Minister’s visit to Turkey. Through this, he sought to slip behind the 'house wall' to gain leverage in his battle against Hezbollah, exploiting Turkish support for the Syrian administration on one hand, and Turkey’s calculated maneuvering in marketing its hostility toward Israel on the other. In this step, Erdoğan is attempting to wrest the leadership of a Syrian intervention in Lebanon away from Trump. Yet, despite all these losses, Lebanon’s only prize remains a 'translated diary notebook'—a gift from 'one Sunni to another.'
It seems the English language is more palatable than Turkish to the Lebanese President, who is visiting the United States today. This visit is no different from those of his peers regarding its impact on the course of events. At best, it will be nothing more than an opportunity for Trump to deliver one of his tedious speeches about destruction, reconstruction, deals, terrorism, and the role of Iran. Trump has nothing to offer Lebanon other than utilizing it as a chaotic arena for his brawl with Iran. The same applies to Aoun's own inventory; he has already conceded far more than what was requested of him, leaving him with nothing left to give—so, what is he even going there to do?
There is nothing left except for Trump to hold Aoun responsible for consenting to a Syrian entry into his country and granting it a legitimacy that absolves Trump from the consequences of risking it. This is a crucial link in a chain of events where Trump has orchestrated an upcoming clash in Aoun’s country and its neighbor, wanting both to slide into securing a 'legitimacy of merging opportunities' for these two neighbors, thereby causing an Iranian bleeding out that allows Trump to prepare his final strike against it.
Finally, Netanyahu's anticipated visit to the United States is an attempt to decipher what lies ahead, after listening to Trump’s lecture on the principles of commercial transaction in politico-military affairs. It has become starkly clear that neither of them understands a thing about it, except for recycling traps and re-drafting boilerplate declarations of victory over terrorism.
The essence of what Trump is begging for is to clear the 'arena of chaos' ahead of a larger chaos—one that ensures he stays away from battling fixed positions that his armies cannot alter. For this reason, he instructed Netanyahu to withdraw from Lebanon and Syria so as not to drag him into bearing responsibility for it. Prior to that, he partially withdrew his own forces from Syria and Iraq, because he knows full well that a massive chaos is coming, even if he does not know its scale or where it will ultimately end

By Dr. Rashed Al-Shashani
Not for the beauty of their eyes, but for the grimness of their fate...
A conflicting web of 'historic visits,' as they call them—to Washington out of fear (or rather, 'love'), and to other capitals out of spite. If we begin with Macron’s visit to Syria, we can understand the erratic maneuvers through which Macron is attempting to block Trump’s path—a Trump who only praises someone to trap them. This stems from Macron's perpetual anxiety over a 'conjugal punch,' which manifests as random, futile actions. One only needs to look at the omen of this visit, which was disrupted by a small faction squabbling over gains after the conflict shifted from checkpoints to political offices.
As for the Iraqi Prime Minister’s visit to Washington, it amounted to nothing more than inflating Trump’s ecstasy as he showcases to the world the significance of the gifts brought by his 'pilgrims.' The matter did not stop there; Al-Zaidi utilized a reservoir of confidence that does not even exist to speak of a final deadline for disarming factions—a gamble that can only be described as reckless, and one that even Trump himself did not dare demand from him.
The phenomenon of offering unrequested, excessive concessions just to 'win favor' is a familiar script in the region's politics. It became glaringly obvious during the fall of past regimes, when the flimsiness of supporting powers—which burned through the lives and livelihoods of the region's peoples—was exposed, just before they discovered the idol-like nature of their own fears in a 'night that yielded no dawn.'
However, the game that displayed the greatest amount of 'clever maneuvering' was the Lebanese Prime Minister’s visit to Turkey. Through this, he sought to slip behind the 'house wall' to gain leverage in his battle against Hezbollah, exploiting Turkish support for the Syrian administration on one hand, and Turkey’s calculated maneuvering in marketing its hostility toward Israel on the other. In this step, Erdoğan is attempting to wrest the leadership of a Syrian intervention in Lebanon away from Trump. Yet, despite all these losses, Lebanon’s only prize remains a 'translated diary notebook'—a gift from 'one Sunni to another.'
It seems the English language is more palatable than Turkish to the Lebanese President, who is visiting the United States today. This visit is no different from those of his peers regarding its impact on the course of events. At best, it will be nothing more than an opportunity for Trump to deliver one of his tedious speeches about destruction, reconstruction, deals, terrorism, and the role of Iran. Trump has nothing to offer Lebanon other than utilizing it as a chaotic arena for his brawl with Iran. The same applies to Aoun's own inventory; he has already conceded far more than what was requested of him, leaving him with nothing left to give—so, what is he even going there to do?
There is nothing left except for Trump to hold Aoun responsible for consenting to a Syrian entry into his country and granting it a legitimacy that absolves Trump from the consequences of risking it. This is a crucial link in a chain of events where Trump has orchestrated an upcoming clash in Aoun’s country and its neighbor, wanting both to slide into securing a 'legitimacy of merging opportunities' for these two neighbors, thereby causing an Iranian bleeding out that allows Trump to prepare his final strike against it.
Finally, Netanyahu's anticipated visit to the United States is an attempt to decipher what lies ahead, after listening to Trump’s lecture on the principles of commercial transaction in politico-military affairs. It has become starkly clear that neither of them understands a thing about it, except for recycling traps and re-drafting boilerplate declarations of victory over terrorism.
The essence of what Trump is begging for is to clear the 'arena of chaos' ahead of a larger chaos—one that ensures he stays away from battling fixed positions that his armies cannot alter. For this reason, he instructed Netanyahu to withdraw from Lebanon and Syria so as not to drag him into bearing responsibility for it. Prior to that, he partially withdrew his own forces from Syria and Iraq, because he knows full well that a massive chaos is coming, even if he does not know its scale or where it will ultimately end