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Posted on 03/03/2015 6:28:10 AM PST by elhombrelibre
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared on Tuesday to address the US Congress regarding the Iran threat, in direct defiance of the Obama White House, at least one nation outside of Israel was supportive of the move: Saudi Arabia.
Writing in the Saudi daily newspaper Al-Jazirah on Monday, columnist Dr. Ahmad Al-Faraj called Netanyahu’s appearance before Congress under such circumstances “unprecedented in US political history.”
Obama Administration officials and Netanyahu’s political rivals in Israel insisted the speech is a mistake and would only serve to damage US-Israel relations. But Dr. Al-Faraj said the Israeli leader was providing a vital service not only to the Jewish state, but the entire Middle East.
“I am very glad of Netanyahu’s firm stance and [his decision] to speak against the nuclear agreement at the American Congress, despite the Obama administration’s anger and fury,” wrote the Saudi. “I believe that Netanyahu’s conduct will serve our interests, the people of the Gulf, much more than the foolish behavior of one of the worst American presidents.”
Al-Faraj hinted Obama’s naive and dangerous behavior in the Middle East had necessitated someone like Netanyahu taking a bold stand.
“…Obama is the godfather of the prefabricated revolutions in the Arab world, and…he is the ally of political Islam, [which is] the caring mother of [all] the terrorist organizations,” he wrote, suggesting that any deal struck by this particular American president could simply not be trusted.
Iran is the only country sending support to Iraq to fight ISIS.
Just think about that irony.
That is why the order to shoot Israeli jets down was given. Iran is now the only ally of a state we helped create.
That’s not correct. Many nations have send weapons, ammunition, trainers, and other aid to Iraq. Iran may have more fighters in the fight, but they are not sending the type of aid the rest of the world is sending.
http://www.kpax.com/story/28230556/whos-doing-what-in-the-coalition-battle-against-isis
Perception is reality.
Iran has boots on the ground. We sent band aids and bullets. Which one is going to make the citizens thankful?
In a grand strategy view, we are screwing up big time by giving Iran a chance to come off as the good guys here.
He was close anyhow. Because he is not one of the worst. He is the worst!
I would not complain if Saudi helped Israel attack Iran. However, I think the Saudis could do much, much more to removing in a constructive way the danger on Israel’s borders. They are playing both sides of the fence for a variety of reasons and it’s sad the US in its reticence to get behind 100% forces the Israelis to cozy up to the Saudis.
If we had sent in the Marines months ago to wipe out ISIS ago we would not be having this discussion.
Absolutely. We should have gone into Iraq with the expectation to stay forever in force. It’s the only way to be sure.
“I consider Saudi Arabia a country where there are no unofficial opinions published”
I second that opinion - nothing gets published there that is against the Government’s party line - if the editor wants to go on living or working.
The Saudis face an existential threat from Iran. They hate each other, and have been knifing each other for a long time. Iran agitates and tries to organize Shia in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, and the Saudi’s do the same among Iran’s Arab minority. Some speculate that Iran was the main target of the Saudis letting the oil price crash.
The Iranians have recently conquered Yemen and have opened a huge Southern front for the Saudis, along an undefended frontier. They can now start large-scale infiltration of agents, assassins, weapons and explosives.
Yemen is just an 8 hour drive from Mecca. Yemen has a functional container port on the Red Sea, a few hours further South on the Red Sea Highway from that border crossing - just right to offload and stage a heavy mechanized assault force, like the Saudis have no counter for. They are hurriedly calling the Egyptian and Turkish leaders to meet the new King, to try to work out a response with those two bitter enemies.
The Saudis are in fear for their lives. After Mosul this Summer, if the Iraqi/Iranian Shia Army is on a roll, they could quickly collapse ISIS and head South after the richest oil treasure in the world. Iran and Iraq have about ten times the population of Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi Army is untested, and not well regarded.
Suddenly, The American military, which has long provided them a feared defense, has abandoned the guard posts, and the Shia are on the march.
The Saudis are desperate for the Israelis to nuke Iran, or at least take out the Iranian program and draw Iran’s fire away from them for a while.
Agreed.
It kind of reminds me of the movie "The Hunger Games" and Barrackly wants to subject the peon clause which means he will allow terrorists to kill Americans and they agree to let him and his main players to be safe, except maybe his wife the Moochy!
Those must have been very interesting conversations.
The US took out the bad guy who was holding back the Iranians. Israel probably thought Iran was soon to follow, but it’s still here. Bibi is the cleanup man, not a desirable role to play.
Well, now we know we’re really screwed.
Nah. Obama is not that clever. He just thinks it's not fair that Iran can't match Israel.
An additional factor is that we have shown clearly that we will not abide by agreements such as the agreements (plural) with Ukraine that if they disposed of their nukes, we, Britain, etc., would come to Ukraine's aid. (Those agreements did not mean using them [Ukraine] as cannon fodder / pawns!)
The world has seen that the West cannot anymore be trusted in this regard -- if we now give Iran the capability to make ANY type nuclear weapon, it will be clear to countries all around the world, not just in the Middle East, that those countries will have to plan accordingly. IIRC, around 20 countries now lacking nuclear weapons are regarded as "nuclear capable". I suspect that figure may not include some that could, once the race was "on", acquire the weapons from others.
This almost certainly WILL lead to a significant nuclear war in the future. If we (the US) are lucky, we'll just catch the fallout.
It’d be interesting to know what Al-Farad’s reaction to the “enemy of my enemy is my enemy” part was.
Uh, make that Al-Faraj.
Al-Farad is the guy we nicknamed “capacitor dude”.
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