U.S. bases promised security. Now they draw Iranian fire while Washington sells its allies billions in weapons to survive a war they warned it not to start.
"In a desert country where desalination supplies more than 90 percent of drinking water, these attacks are designed to make ordinary life possible." should read "impossible"
There's a lot here that I would take issue with. First, the concept that the Gulf States are anyway united in a defensive pact with the US. Yes, there was an expedient arrangement for defense that was more imposed by economic interests than actual threats from Iran, Yemen or Hezbollah, but this was most likely motivated by the "special interest" the US has in its parasitic ally, Israel, than any regional defensive need.
As the war continues it has become obvious that the American bases were no defensive asset to the Gulf states, some of which were more coerced than others into an alliance that proved to be onerous at best. The UAE, Bahrein and Kuwait appear to have been fully complicit with the Abraham accords, while Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia were inclined to hedge their bets by trying to maintain cordial relations with Iran while accepting the US bases. This accounts for Iran's disproportionate retaliation in the region.
The Saudis, in particular, must have realized they need to distance themselves from an Israeli-American alliance if they are to avoid an uprising among their own population. The recent false flag attack at Sana airport in Yemen has now been attributed to foreign forces operating out of Aden while MbS has reassured Ansar Allah of his desire to keep the peace.
The Gulf states were cajoled into a bizarre alliance based on the false premise that Iran was a threat to security in the region. They should have been looking at Netanyahu's map for greater Israel.
Ahmed, thank you always for your clear posts... But please: USA is not America... calling USA "America" insults the rest of the continent's republics!!! It s giving grandiosity to a single country that sometimes believes it owns the entire planet...
Well I am an American because I was born in the American continent, in Central America. But I would be ashamed to be so haughty as to consider myself American
"In a desert country where desalination supplies more than 90 percent of drinking water, these attacks are designed to make ordinary life possible." should read "impossible"
There's a lot here that I would take issue with. First, the concept that the Gulf States are anyway united in a defensive pact with the US. Yes, there was an expedient arrangement for defense that was more imposed by economic interests than actual threats from Iran, Yemen or Hezbollah, but this was most likely motivated by the "special interest" the US has in its parasitic ally, Israel, than any regional defensive need.
As the war continues it has become obvious that the American bases were no defensive asset to the Gulf states, some of which were more coerced than others into an alliance that proved to be onerous at best. The UAE, Bahrein and Kuwait appear to have been fully complicit with the Abraham accords, while Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia were inclined to hedge their bets by trying to maintain cordial relations with Iran while accepting the US bases. This accounts for Iran's disproportionate retaliation in the region.
The Saudis, in particular, must have realized they need to distance themselves from an Israeli-American alliance if they are to avoid an uprising among their own population. The recent false flag attack at Sana airport in Yemen has now been attributed to foreign forces operating out of Aden while MbS has reassured Ansar Allah of his desire to keep the peace.
The Gulf states were cajoled into a bizarre alliance based on the false premise that Iran was a threat to security in the region. They should have been looking at Netanyahu's map for greater Israel.
Ahmed, thank you always for your clear posts... But please: USA is not America... calling USA "America" insults the rest of the continent's republics!!! It s giving grandiosity to a single country that sometimes believes it owns the entire planet...
But of course your ego centric attitude does not surprise me. Nevertheless I like to think of the variety and vastness of the American continent
Well I am an American because I was born in the American continent, in Central America. But I would be ashamed to be so haughty as to consider myself American
Who is USA protecting...?
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