@Al Watan Al Arabi
Muslim Brotherhood in Arab world can't deal with the issues in Arab world but neither can our current regimes. Even if the divisions were put aside, you can't change Iraq or Syria easily. And these regimes and their supporters will be '3ajizeen' still because they are simply not qualified to rule the people. Al Arabiya really frustrates, for the past month ever since this oil tanker crisis and Houthi attacks on Saudi airport, they somehow think seeking statements from US officials is going to change reality on ground. They need to look to God first, then themselves second, and US third. We are a proud people with a history we take pride in, and we had superb strategy at the time of the Prophet(AS) and the Caliphs/Sahaba afterwards. I don't know what the issue is, are people scared of dying in war or scared of war? There's too much irrational fear. There needs to be some people that die in order to secure a better and safer future for us, that's just how it works. Problem is many lives already went to waste due to lack of political strategy.
Honestly we need an alternative to the MB and regimes. I read your response btw and I agree with most of what you said.
Arab rulers are not sophisticated, they think in traditional way. They lack foresight. So when he was campaigning and said he will pull out of the nuclear deal, they got all excited. And if you read what the regime supporters say, you will see they are clueless. They are being friendly to the republicans and referring to the democrats as 'libtards', as if they are part of Trumps base? Do these morons know republican base has a big hatred against Islam and especially Arab Sunnis? They are not aware of anything. They are still trying to convince themselves that everything is under control and imagining that Trump will hit Iran. Even if he does, it does not mean everything will work in our favor. This is why we need rulers who are qualified to rule the Arabs.
If you look for example at some of the amateurish political commentators(who are popular to an extent), like Yusuf 3lawanah, he refuses to acknowledge that the US is not being transparent about this whole Iran situation. He will twist every new uncertainty and make it appear like it was planned to be that way and that Trump is not throwing allies under bus, instead trying to deceive the Iranians. I hope you don't take this in wrong way, I've very critical of our leaders and care about our people so much. I am no Ikhwan guy or Shia, probably more hardline Sunni than you are. And I'm sick of the continued decades of these leadership we have.
The key problem is that those in power and those seeking to gain power (generally) are incapable of working together. In a perfect world there should be cooperation regardless of ideology on key and obvious (at least for me and most sane Arabs) areas such as common security, common interests etc. Arabs (by large) need to accept that people have different viewpoints and that not everything is black and white. The MB itself is not some uniform movement. The branches are completely different depending on the Arab country. Many have different policies as well. Likewise with the monarchies and republics, nationalists, secularists etc. Or even "Islamists" (I hate that word). Oman and KSA are both monarchies but with different policies. Iraq is a republic but completely different (politically) from Egypt which is also a republic. Some republics are basically military states (Egypt, Syria etc.) while others are basically Shia Islamists with a democratic mandate (Iraq). Some countries (Lebanon) are 3 countries within one (Shia Hezbollah South, Sunni center and North and the Christians scattered all over but mostly in the valleys and mountains along the Druze).
All those different viewpoints (common in every country and society) should try to find a common ground and understand that if 1 or 2 of them will fall everyone else will potentially fall to or eventually. If a country falls everyone in it will fall regardless of ideology.
Arabs, especially Sunni Arabs (85% of the population) share common grounds (I am only talking about political aspect here not what we as Arabs have in common regardless of politics) on almost every front. While you lean towards the MB (from past discussions) and have hope of them doing better or at least influencing things in a better direction I am a bit more skeptical. On the other hand I am not ideologically aligned at all as long as the fundamentals (for me and most Arabs) are ensured such as prosperity, security, unity, respect for our culture, civilization, Islam (while also respecting minorities as long as the minorities respect the majority and do what is the best for the common good), a Caliph, king, president, Mullah or what not can rule for all I care.
What I am doing is just comparing. Sorry to say this but many Arab Shias (instead of creating an distinct Shia Arab identity across the borders) have become a pawn of the Iranian Mullah's to a large extent and seek "security" and comfort from them while they will not save them and while they should be doing that themselves. Similarly the MB (at least those from Egypt, after all this is an Egyptian movement created in Egypt 100 years ago in circumstances that made it rose up back then, it cannot be directly applied to every Arab state at all) was at times too closely aligned to outside forces (US, Erdogan etc.) that history has clearly shown care little about what is the best for the Arab world but solely their own interests. Which is understandable and part of the game but as I said, there is no need to involve any foreigners here. We are not talking about some tiny country or people but 20 + countries spread across a territory almost the size of Russia and with a population of 500 million and quickly growing (another challenge). Start with closer regional blocs (the only logical and necessary solution) and the rest will naturally come with good leadership.
First however, the regimes and people should call idiotic internal struggles out and ask themselves who gains on this and ask themselves if they (those involved, not talking about some select few leaders that might gain from it if they are power hungry) or their countries and peoples gain from it or the opposite.
Al Arabiya has little to do with Saudi Arabian state media or state directly actually.
Investment and Ownership
According to unconfirmed reports, Al Arabiya was founded through investment by the
Middle East Broadcasting Center, as well as other investors from
Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, and the
Persian Gulf states.
[9] Through MBC, Saudi Prince
Abdulaziz bin Fahd and his maternal uncle
Waleed bin Ibrahim al Ibrahim own and have control over Al Arabiya.
[14]
In March 2012, the channel launched a new channel,
Al-Hadath which focuses exclusively on prolonged extensive coverage of political news.
[30]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Arabiya
You have different viewpoints in the Saud Arabian media depending on the media. For instance Okaz can often have a totally different opinion to Al Arabiya or Arab newspapers based abroad.
As for the rest that you wrote, I agree completely and as always it starts by looking within and appealing to the leaders to wake up and work towards unity and then rest (time and development) will do the rest and eventually people that truly reflect the people will reach power like throughout our history in the past or even more modern era.
Some kind of pan-Arab framework where fundamental parcels (common interest such as security, economy, shared past, present, future and destiny by virtue of geography alone, the aspirations of people, an independent policy that reflect our size on every front and history etc.) should be created where every group regardless of ideology can help contribute this framework. Unfortunately such a thing is impossible in today's reality and with today's regimes in power as they have no interest in such a thing as they know that they would lose legitimacy and ultimately power as they have failed on so many fronts.
