13- Engineering the Hijack: How the "Revolution Generation" Became a Dagger in the Nation’s Side

 Engineering the Hijack: How the "Revolution Generation" Became a Dagger in the Nation’s Side

What occurred in Bahrain and the wider region was not merely a passing political dispute. It was a complex process of **"Social and Political Engineering"** whose seeds were sown with the 1979 Iranian Revolution, yielding its bitter fruits over the past two decades.

### 1. Creating the "Parallel Citizen": Loyalty Beyond Borders

For centuries, Arab Shia lived in complete harmony and peace with their Sunni brothers. However, the "Post-Revolution Generation" underwent a systematic process of stripping away national loyalty. Through the **"Umm al-Qura"** theory, this generation was convinced that Tehran is the ultimate spiritual and political command center, and that their own nations were merely arenas to serve this center. This shift replaced "National Identity" with "Loyalty-based Identity," turning the citizen into an executive tool for a foreign authority.

### 2. The Strategy of "Soft Infiltration": Institutions as Trojan Horses

Iran realized that direct military confrontation—as seen in the failed **1981** coup attempt in Bahrain—was costly and uncertain. Consequently, they transitioned to **"Soft Power."** Key sectors of the state were infiltrated through education and scholarships, executed by "loyalist" hands within the administrative apparatus. The goal was to create an "academic and administrative cadre" whose primary loyalty was to the *Wali al-Faqih*, capable of paralyzing state movement from within at the zero hour.

### 3. The Demographic Weapon: The "Education and Offspring" Slogan

As documented in *New Bahrain*, the slogan **"With education and offspring, we shall rule the land"** was not mere social chatter; it was the practical application of **"Quiet Demographic Warfare."** The objective was to create a future numerical superiority and a massive human bloc that could be mobilized to disrupt public life and exert pressure on the political system—a reality witnessed vividly during the events of February 2011.

### 4. The Iraqi Model: Moving from Secrecy to the Forefront

The year 1991 marked a turning point, as loyalties began to surface following the liberation of Kuwait. However, the true earthquake struck in 2003, when Iran was handed Iraq on a silver platter without firing a single shot. Baghdad was transformed from a "Shield of Arabism" into a "Launchpad" for militias and incitement. The Iraqi model—control through proxies—became the blueprint intended for replication in Manama and other Gulf capitals.

### 5. Exploiting the "Reform Project" and Electronic Warfare

In Bahrain, loyalist leaders exploited the atmosphere of openness provided by His Majesty King Hamad’s Reform Project (2001) to return and organize their ranks. Instead of contributing to national building, they launched hundreds of websites and thousands of trained pens to manufacture a **"False Narrative of Victimhood."** These "Electronic Armies" were years ahead of national media, successfully marketing fabricated stories to the West to bind the state’s hands from protecting its national security under the guise of "Human Rights."

### 6. "Camp of Hussein vs. Camp of Yazid": The Great Fitna

The most dangerous aspect of this project was the summoning of history to tear apart the present. Through the slogan **"The Camp of Hussein against the Camp of Yazid,"** political conflict was transformed into an existential war. In this expansionist doctrine, Arab Sunnis are classified into the "Camp of Yazid," who must be eliminated to pave the way for the "Expected Appearance." The killings and displacement in Iraq and Syria are merely the field execution of these sectarian ideologies, managed by intelligence threads with the ultimate goal of "Arabs eliminating Arabs."

**To be continued...**

**Dhafer Hamad Al-Zayani**