Posted on 12/08/2013 6:47:22 PM PST by Nachum
Americas schizophrenic approach to the Middle East could result in many key Arab states deciding to align themselves more closely with Russia, the rulers of Bahrain warned on Sunday. In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, warned that Barack Obama´s administration would lose influence in the region if it persisted with what a transient and reactive foreign policy. There has been a sharp rise in tensions between Washington and several major Arab states in the wake of last months controversial interim agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme.
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schizophrenic is a nice way of putting it
"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world"-George Washington
So his plan is working...
We’ve known this since the Syrian chemical warfare thing a few months ago, maybe earlier for some.
To get any straight news about Syria/Assad, we were reading pravda. Putin gloats, outwits, outplays and outlasts obama without even trying. Guess who will survive?
I really don’t see why America should continue trying to stick our nose into the rest of the world’s business. Our country is in ruins, yet we keep spending the blood of our youth and our national treasure for what?
Let the Russians or Chinese have their influence in the middle east and Africa. At least they know how to deal with those animals when they get out of hand.
If we’re energy independent from those people, which is really the only logical reason for us being involved over there, they can kill each other until the cows come home for all I care.
Oh yes, and as much as I love Israel, it’s time for them to stand on their own. They’re certainly better off without the “help” of this administration.
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